Time travel afoot
Fortnite’s original map is coming back, Epic have confirmed. The news was announced via X (formerly Twitter) weeks after several leaks had suggested that time travel shenanigans would revert thefree-to-playshooter’s map back to its original Chapter 1 layout.
I’ve never been a Fortnite player, but I’ve played enough live service games to understand the appeal of an old version - whether map or mode - returning for another go around the content carousel. Fortnite’s chapter five will kick off on November 3rd.
Fortnite makers Epic have in the past several weekslaid off 830 peopleacross their many studios. At the time, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney said that Fortnite was “starting to grow again”, but that the growth was due to “creator content with signficant revenue sharing”.
Epic also sold off the wonderful music service Bandcamp, which they had only recently acquired. Bandcamp has since had itsown round of layoffs.
