Fortnite splitscreen at a glance

• The splitscreen mode in Fortnite was added with the update 11.30.
• The new splitscreen mode only works on consoles.
• The mode is available on both PS4 and Xbox One.
• Splitscreen can be used in duo or team mode.

Fortnite Splitscreen: How to activate the new multiplayer mode

A console and two controllers (and of course the right teammate) are required for the splitscreen. Players must follow these steps to use the splitscreen:

1. Player 1 turns on the console as usual and logs into his account.
2. Player 2 must now connect the second controller and press the home button. In the window that now appears, player 2 can either log in as a guest or use an already existing second account. It is important here that player 2 uses an account that is connected to a Fortnite account – otherwise there is no access to their own Epic account.
3. Once both players are logged in, the game switches back to the console owner’s account. He now starts Fortnite and logs in.
4. Player 2 must now also log in to the lobby. At the bottom of the lobby menu you can see which button has to be pressed. By holding down the button, a window similar to the classic login window opens. Player 2 can now also select himself there.
5. Now the game can be started – if everything has worked, player 1 and player 2 appear at the top and bottom of the split screen.

Fortnite Ninja skin: Tyler Blevin becomes the first player to get his own skin

A new skin inspired by pro player Tyler “Ninja” Blevin is now available in the item store. The set consists of a ninja outfit, the back accessory “Ninja Blades”, the emote “Ninja Style” and the pickaxe “Twin Katanas”.

In addition, the skin offers a very special feature that rewards good players: the skin includes a headband that gets longer with each kill in the game – after ten eliminations, the band even starts to glow. It’s a reference to the headband that streamer Ninja wears in his mixer streams once he has a successful match series. If he loses, he takes the band off again.

Fortnite Update 11.40: The first major patch for 2020 is released

On January 15, the latest patch for Fortnite was applied, it is the update 11.40. Among other things, there are weapon adjustments and several other changes and bug fixes. However, the update also brings an unintentional bug into the game, which will be fixed in the next patch.

These are the important changes made by 11.40:

• The assault rifle can be converted to a heavy assault rifle on an upgrade bench. BUT: This feature is actually only available for non-competition modes. However, the update currently makes it possible to upgrade weapons in competitive modes as well. The bug is already known to Epic Games and will be fixed in the next update.
• The cost of upgrading weapons has been lowered.
• Pulled from the vault: flintlock pistol, shockwave grenade and pulse grenade.
• In motion, the contrail “spectrum” changes color again.
• On mobile devices, improvements have been made regarding frame rate and judder.
• On the iPad Pro, 120 fps is now supported.
• Star Wars achievements are back on the Legacy timeline.
• Various other small improvements and bug fixes – these can be seen in detail on Epic Games’ Trello board.

Fortnite 11.31: This is what Winterfest 2019 is all about

Today, December 18, there is a downtime for the new Fortnite update 11.31, which is currently still ongoing. Through the resulting changes will probably also start the Winterfest event 2019. At least that’s what dataminers want to have found out early on. Accordingly, it will run up to and including January 6 and hold a total of 14 challenges for players. The associated information was leaked on Twitter, for example by FireMonkey:

Similar to last year, the Challenges will probably be unlocked daily and thus not all will be available from Day 1. The challenges are:

• Find Christmas stockings in the Winterfest hut
• Make a bonfire
• Make five eliminations with weapons from the vault
• Hide in a snowman in two different matches
• Warming yourself by a fireplace in the Winterfest hut
• Dancing five times on Christmas trees in different places (which one is yet to be determined).
• Search a crate within 60 seconds of landing from the Battle Bus.
• Use two gifts
• Open frozen loot
• Deal damage to enemies with a piece of coal
• Destroy a snowman with a lightsaber or a pickaxe
• Search two ice chests
• Set off a frozen fireworks display on the beaches at Sweaty Sands, Craggy Cliffs, or Dirty Docks
• Search two ammo boxes in the Workshop, Shiver Inn or Ice Throne.

Fortnite chapter 2 – Season 1 is extended

In a short announcement, Epic Games has announced that the current – Season 1 of Fortnite Chapter 2 will be extended – it will therefore continue until February 2020. Last year, there was already an extension event around the December holidays with several rewards and challenges. This year, too, it will probably look similar:

“This year we have even more content for you to unwrap, like new game features, free rewards, and a live experience you won’t want to miss.”

Fortnite update 11.20: These are the German patch notes

On Wednesday, November 20, there was a patch to version 11.20. The update is mainly to integrate support for Microsoft DirectX 12 into the game. The developers say about it on the official website:

“The PC version of Fortnite currently requires a graphics card compatible with Microsoft DirectX 11. However, in V.11.20 you will get the option to play the PC version with Microsoft DirectX 12!”

“DX12 will allow PC gamers with high-end graphics cards to achieve a higher, more stable frame rate where applicable. This is because DX12 helps CPU performance and allows rendering processes to be distributed across multiple cores.”

On epicgames.com, the developers have also published the official patch notes. According to them, there are especially these important changes with V.11.20:

• Daily challenges are back, with EP as a reward.
• Bandage Bazooka: This item returns to the game. The bazooka is also needed for the Alter Ego Challenge.
• Locker Update: Players can now search specifically for – Season items in the locker.
• PC Graphics Improved: On PC, Fortnite is now compatible with Microsoft DirectX 12, which should increase performance for FPS and prepare the game for the future.
• In Creative Mode: New items like “Time Target” and the “Map Marker”.
• In “Save the World”: “New Eerie Crypts” area, “Swamp Knight” character, “Swamp Monster Ken” character; crossover with Battle Breakers.

Fortnite Crossover: Star Wars and Stormtroopers.

Epic Games has already collaborated with well-known brands on previous events, most recently there were crossovers with the Avengers or John Wick. For the release of “Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order” on November 15, 2019, Fortnite players can now enjoy the costume of an Imperial Stormtrooper. The skin is available for all buyers of “Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order” exclusively in the Epic Games Store. Alternatively, the stormtrooper can also be purchased for 1,400 V-Bucks in the item store.

Another purely decorative gimmick so far, a Star Destroyer has appeared in the Fortnite sky. Whether the crossover will be expanded will be revealed in the coming weeks.

Fortnite Update 11.11: These changes are available as of today

The new Fortnite patch is available for download. In any case, various bug fixes and optimizations are planned for all game modes, both Battle Royale and Save the World.

Since the launch of Chapter 2, Epic Games has been keeping a low profile regarding current patch notes, and players have not received any official details about the earlier Update 11.10 either – users should thus have the opportunity to discover the new content themselves. However, Epic has already released some new events and items for “Save the World” on November 12:

• Order series “Matchmaker
• Black Edge: Moderate damage, high impact sword; available from November 14, 1:00 CET, to November 21, 1:00 CET, in the weekly store.
• Fortnite Skin: “Arrlene”- Nice:
• Fortnite skin: Raven, master of the dark airs

Other changes can be found on the official Fortnite Trelloboard and were also partly collected by fans:

• Among other things, there are bug fixes for the outfit of Kitbash
• and the Magma paint job.
• New locker search: Faster selection is now possible in the locker.
• Stack sizes of grenades have been reduced from 10 to 6 grenades.
• Noise from motorboats has been reduced.

Fortnite Update 11.10: Fortnitemares, Combine and more.

On October 29, the new Halloween event was rolled out to Fortnite at the same time as update 11.10. This is what’s new after the patch:

• Nightmares (Fortnitemares) – the Halloween event starts on 11/29 at 2pm.
• Soccer Zombie Outfits
• Pickaxe “Storm King Fist”
• The Cryptic Curse Pack
• The Last Billing Packet
• Storm King LTM
• Community game Gun Fright, a 2 vs. 2 showdown
• Combine

Halloween at Fortnite: These skins and items will be available according to the leak

Halloween is just around the corner – and Fortnite is also celebrating the spooky holiday in a big way, for example in the form of matching skins. This includes the Ghoul Trooper, which is still one of the rarest skins today. Current leaks now suggest that he could return in new versions for Halloween. The last time it was available in the store was Halloween 2017. The leaks about the skin were found by the data miner HYPEX:

In addition to the skin, other images of various items were shown on Twitter, including weapons, items and emotes:

Fortnite update 11.01: Epic Games does not provide patch notes

With update 11.01, a new patch was recently applied. However, Epic Games still refrains from publishing official patch notes. Possibly for the reason that players should discover all the latest changes in the game themselves? This approach has been met with criticism from players, who have since collected the changes themselves and shared them via Reddit. Among other things, the Fortnite update 11.01. includes the following changes:

• New Raptor skin
• Pickaxe changes
• optimized aiming aid
• Adaptations of the XP system

Fortnite Chapter 2 – Season 1: This is new

With Chapter 2 – Season 1, not only a brand new map with 13 locations is launched, but also several other novelties. For example, from now on players can drive boats, go fishing or swimming. Another new element is hiding, for example in haystacks or garbage containers. This adds a whole new stealth element to the game. Also new: From now on, explosive barrels and gas tanks can be blown up.

Fortnite Chapter 2 Launch Trailer

Together with the new – Season , as every time, a new Battle Pass has also been launched.

Fortnite Chapter 2: Battle Pass

The Battle Pass costs 950 V-Bucks, but players can unlock up to 1,500 V-Bucks and earn the Battle Bass for the upcoming – Season . The Battle Pass has also undergone some changes and offers additional opportunities for leveling up. Those who search chests, participate in in-game activities, or complete challenges earn XP and medals.

Epic Games has also released a video for the new Battle Pass for Chapter 2 – Season 1.

“Fortnite” down: black hole in the “Fortnite” stream.

On 13.10.2019, “Fortnite – Season 10” ended in a spectacular way – around 8 pm, “The End” occurred, in which the entire map was swallowed by a black hole. But not only the game world, but also the user interface was removed in this way – whoever currently wants to start “Fortnite” will therefore only see said black hole.

Black hole in “Fortnite”: Number codes and mini-games to pass the time

Epic Games keeps its players on their toes despite being momentarily unplayable. Because mysterious numbers keep appearing above the black hole. Some “Fortnite” fans claim to have already cracked the code, which says the following:

Away from that, players even have the opportunity to get active despite the black hole. Entering the famous Konami code (up, up, down, down, B/O, A/X) starts a mini-game. Durr burgers are then shot down as a Pizza Pit piece.

When does Fortnite – Season 10 end?

– Season 10 has been extended by one week by Epic Games. In the patch notes, the developer announced that the current – Season will thus end on October 13, 2019. Players also had the opportunity to take advantage of the Batman crossover until then.

“Fortnite 11” story and map: What is it about this time and what changes?

“Fortnite – Season 11” is expected to launch in mid-October 2019. So the obvious theme would be Halloween, which is best suited for matching skins and cosmetic customizations. In addition, there was a special Halloween event on the “Fortnite” servers last year, so players can look forward to a few spooky highlights this year as well. Apart from that, there are hardly any clues for the continuation of the “Fortnite” story, but there are quite a few fan theories.

It is assumed that the current – Season 10 takes place in the past – for this reason, many events happen in a similar way as they are already known from previous – Season s. For example, the meteorite that hangs frozen in the air shortly before impact, the returned floating island, or the rocket that is built in Dusty Depot.

Therefore, in – Season 11, for example, previous locations could be brought back and appear in the game in a different form. According to a leak, the Visitor, who built a rocket in – Season 4 that eventually led to the big crack in the sky, will also return. It is therefore also possible that the Visitor will build a rocket again – and perhaps even destroy the entire map. This would mean that “Fortnite” would be given a completely new map for the first time.