Fortnite‘s new bug-infested season, Shock ‘n Awesome, is landing today. Creepy crawlies are spreading their purple goop all over the battle royale map, and you’ll be fighting both them and other players if you want your victory crown.
We’re getting new weapons (and some returning favorites), a new faction, fresh points of interest, and new boons, which boost your stats when you grab them. There’s even a Halo collaboration, too.
Chapter 6 Season 4 has a lot going on, so stick with this page for live coverage as we discover it all.
Welcome to live coverage of the new Fortnite season
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Morning everyone! I’m armed with a big flask of coffee and a good night of sleep, and for the next several hours I’ll be diving into Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 4 Shock ‘N Awesome, which launches today.
Servers are still down right now but they should be back before long. When they are, I’ll play as much as I can and post about it here—expect images of the new locations, video of the new weapons, and snap judgments about the season as a whole.
I’m excited by what I’ve seen so far. Epic has gone heavy on the PvE, which should help fill mid-round lulls, and I like that there are so many ways to get better loot: chests, hive sacs in bug nests, supply drops as you rank up, squashing mini-boss Queen bugs, and ransacking O.X.R. bunkers (O.X.R. is the big new faction this season).
The big question for me is, how good will the new O.X.R. Assault Rifle feel? Like most Fortnite players I lean heavily on my rifle and I’m wondering if it’ll supplant the reliable Hammer AR, which is unvaulted for this season, as my go-to.
Come back throughout the day for regular updates.
Watch the Chapter 6 Season 4 trailer
The season’s trailer came out yesterday, giving us our first look at the new weapons in action. You can see the new assault rifle—and the battle pass Halo skin—at 0:40, the new three-headed minigun at 0:50, and the orbital airstrike at 1:10 (we don’t know exactly how that will work yet).
Some of what you’ll see above won’t arrive until later in the season: the Power Rangers blaster and the Megazord who slays the Queen bug at the end of the trailer aren’t here at launch.
