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Friday, November 23, 2018
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Fortnite season 7: Absolutely everything you need to know about Season 7 – map updates, weapons, battle pass, skins and much more
Season 6 of Fortnite is now almost over.
With Kevin the cube having now exploded it seems as though the Season has only a few more large-scale events before it ends.
With it being November already, Christmas and Fortnite Season 7 are just around the corner.
We’ve pulled together everything you need to know about the game – from hints and tips to more general gameplay-related stuff and big announcements.
Treat this as your own personal Fortnite Season 7 ‘hub’ – we’ll be updating it daily, so you’ll always be in the know.
Let’s kick off with the basics.
When is Season 7 dropping?
The date for the end of Season 6 is currently set for December 5th 2018, meaning the next season of Fortnite will take place just prior to Christmas.
I think we can all guess what the theme might focus on.
Rumoured themes?
The theme of which, ‘Dark Rising’, is heavily inspired by Halloween and ominous creepy things that jump out of the dark.
This isn’t the first time that EPIC Games have opted to introduce seasonal aspects to Seasons within Fortnite.
This time last year Fortnite introduced the Skull Trooper and Ghoul Trooper skins as part of the seasonal Halloween theme.
They also adapted the RPG in-game to propel pumpkins instead of rockets.
When Christmas came around, they introduced new seasonal skins as well as Christmas trees dotted around the map.
What will the theme of Season 7 be?
Although we can’t say for certain, the theme will most likely be X-mas themed with a number of skins, map changes, and maybe even appearance from St. Nick himself…
The Map has, to this date, not been affected by snow.
However, we saw how, at the start of Season 5 a whole new biome could be added to the game, changing up gameplay dramatically.
EPIC games will need to do something big to top Season 6, as it’s already 10x more impressive than Season 5 ever was.
Season 7 of Fortnite will start in the first week of December
If there’s one thing we know about Epic Games, it’s that they LOVE a seasonal event
One thing we can almost guarantee to fans of Fortnite is that EPIC will be running Christmas themed event’s throughout the entirety of Season 7.
We can expect to see snow, skins and potentially the whole theme to be surrounding by X-mas magic.
Thanos in Fortnite was quite possibly one of the greatest moments in modern gaming history.
The renowned Marvel supervillain entered the popular battle royale game as part of an EPIC crossover that allowed players to terrorise players in a Limited Time game mode.
Since then we haven’t seen any further crossovers that included a game mode and different playable characters.
During the 2018 World Cup football pitches were added around the map along with the option to buy skins from your home countries team or an opposing team.
More recently, EPIC Games has brought us a campaign with the NFL which sees players being able to play as their favourite NFL teams.
This is all very well, but it hasn’t changed gameplay dramatically.
What players want is a brand new crossover that also gives them a new limited time game mode to sink their teeth into.
This could come in several different forms, a crossover with another popular game title such as Spyro, Crash Bandicoot or Mario would be brilliant.
Since Fortnite has already worked with Marvel before, it may make more sense to introduce a different superhero into the game.
The Santa themed battle-bus from last year
With the theme of Fortnite Season 7 almost guaranteed to revolve around the Christmas holiday, it would be good for EPIC games to reintroduce the Thanos game mode, however with Santa as the all-powerful being of destruction.
Santa dabbing in Fortnite may just break the internet
That would make for some brilliant memes.
The return of the snowball launcher
The iconic snowball launcher was a staple in Fortnite last Christmas season.
With the recent introduction of the chiller traps, it would be good to see some more weapons featured that perform ‘cold’ damage.
Rumours have even been circulating that a drastic change to the storm could occur.
Turning the, currently purple, storm blue creating a snowstorm that slows enemies when they got stuck in it.
Fortnite skins can be a drain on your wallet and your patience, and many scammers are latching on to this by trying to flog job lots of them for Christmas.
Unfortunately, if you do hand over your hard-earned cash to these nefarious types not only do you run the risk of losing your money, even if they deliver as promised your child could end up banned from the game for life.
Most people advertising skins, mostly through eBay and other such marketplaces, will have them all loaded onto one account that has either been used before or was specially created for the purpose.
Unfortunately, the terms of service that every Fortnite player signs up to explicitly forbid the sale or transfer of accounts, with a banhammer awaiting anyone who dares attempt such shenanigans.
This is even after Epic promised a new system allowing players to merge their own accounts following the introduction of cross-play, which removed the need to have multiple accounts to play on PS4 as well as other platforms.
There is no way, currently, to legitimately purchase in-game content except through Epic’s own time-limited shop.
Red Knight used to be a popular target for scammers due to its long absence from the Epic item store
There is also no legal way of getting previous season’s rewards, so if your obstreperous offspring try to persuade you that buying them an account with such things on for Christmas, don’t be tempted.
The Terms of Service are exceptionally clear on the matter, saying “you may only access [Fortnite] through your own account. Users do not own their accounts, and gifting or otherwise transferring of accounts or access keys is prohibited.”
Violation of those terms can be punished in any way Epic sees fit, up to and including bans of accounts and even specific pieces of hardware used to access the game with those accounts to stop those banned coming back.
Why not just get them a Fortnite Christmas jumper instead?
SCAMS offering Fortnite players free ‘V-Bucks’ are “running rampant” online, according to new research published by cybersecurity firm ZeroFOX.
The frauds are carried out using websites, social media posts and YouTube videos, while there are a large number of deceptive ‘V-Buck Generators’ online that hoodwink gamers into handing over their personal data.
An example of one of the many V-Bucks generators you can find online, all of which are fraudulent
It’s already no secret that scammers have been trying to make a quick buck by offering gamers free V-Bucks, the virtual currency that Fortnite players use to buy new items and skins in the popular battle royale game.
V-Bucks can be obtained only by directly earning or buying them in the game itself, but early in October Action Fraud sent out an alert that online fraudsters were promising to give them away for nothing.
Now, ZeroFOX has revealed the true scale of this problem, with its research finding that there were 53,000 separate alerts for V-Buck scams in September alone.
And 86% of these originated from social media sites like Twitter, where anonymous posters urge gamers to click on dodgy links in order to receive ‘free V-Bucks.’
Two examples of V-Bucks scams on Twitter
One other common form of the scam involves ‘V-Bucks Generators,’ which are pages on websites where Fortnite players are urged to enter their personal information, including their financial details.
ZeroBOX has found 4,770 live websites related to such scams, while it discovered over 1,390 YouTube videos that also end up requiring players to click links and enter personal data in return for non-existent V-Bucks.
No less alarmingly, it also warns gamers of fake Fortnite apps on the Google Play Store, which some gamers download under the mistaken assumption that these are the actual Fortnite game.
The ONLY way to obtain Fornite’s V-Bucks is through the game itselfGetty Images
How to avoid ‘free’ V-Bucks scams
ZeroFOX concludes its report by writing, “As with anything you do online, make sure to do your due diligence before sharing a username, credit card numbers or any other personal information.”
This is solid advice, but here are a few other pointers that should help you avoid falling victim to the kinds of tricks outlined above:
Players can obtain V-Bucks only in Fortnite itself, so any online offer of ‘free’ V-Bucks is guaranteed to be malicious Avoid Fortnite-related websites with words like ‘free’ and ‘gift’ in their addresses and names: these are likely to be scam sites Don’t click on links you don’t trust, or which don’t show you their actual destination address Never enter your Fortnite account details anywhere outside of official Epic Games and Fortnite platforms If you’re an Android user who wants to download Fortnite, don’t search the Google Play Store for the game, go straight to this official link instead: fortnite.com/androidWe have known for some time now that a long-anticipated gifting system was to be added to Fortnite.
Well, we finally have some more information on what it is going to look like and when it is going to drop.
Fortnite news and leaks website FNBR.NEWS has reportedly spoken to an inside source at EPIC games, who said “gifting is nearly done” and that we should expect to see it added to the battle royale game towards the start of Season 7.
FNBR have warned people to take the news with a ‘pinch of salt’ as previous gifting rumours have turned out to be false before.
Here’s everything we know about the gifting system so far:
Before you can send a gift:
You must first enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA). If you need help turning on 2FA, see our FAQ: http://epic.gm/h63ky You also must reach level 2 or higher.There are some things you can’t gift:
Battle Passes V-bucks Real money offers Items that are not currently in the item shop Items that are already in your locker Some store items, including Battle Pass Tier Bundles
You can gift using these platforms only:
Android PC PlayStation 4 Switch Xbox OneAll gifts are non-refundable.
Please be sure you give the gift to the right friend! “I tried to send a gift, but I’m getting an error.” There are a few reasons sending a gift may result in an error: If you exceeded the total amount of gifts you can send within 24 hours, sending a gift will fail. You’ll need to wait 24 hours before you can send more gifts. If you’re trying to gift an item to a player who already has that item, gifting will fail. If you’ve been friends with a player for less than two weeks, gifting will fail. Both the sender and the receiver(s) of gifts must be EPIC friends for at least two weeks prior to sending/receiving gifts.The floating island has been travelling around the battle royale map since the start of Season 6.
After visiting all of the corrupted sites where Kevin the purple cube had previously visited, the floating island has finally returned to the POI formally known as Loot Lake, now Leaky Lake.
We are hoping for some sort of exciting Halloween event to take place
Now the island has seemingly completed its journey around the map it’s likely we will see another exciting event take place that could change the state of the map beyond just Season 6 and into Season 7.
A beam of purple light can now be seen shooting into the sky above Leaky Lake and the island, with the destination being increasingly overrun with more miniature manifestations of the purple cube.
Smaller versions of the cube have been sprouting up all over the island
With the rune markings having moved closer to Dusty Divot, fans have been speculating that the island might be expanding in order to fill the gap was left after a meteorite hit the famed location all the way back in Season 4.
Knowing Epic Games, however, they are much more keen to break stuff than to repair it.
Check out this concept trailer for the end of the world in Fortnite and the start of Season 7.
Gifting system in the Season of giving
A feature which has been eagerly requested for almost a year now is a gifting system.
Players are keen to gift their skins to friends in what could resemble an effective trading system.
It is possible that EPIC games could add this feature during Season 6, but would make more sense for it to be added at Christmas when they would be set to make more money.
The Fortnite map has been changing and growing since the games first season.
For that reason, budding Fortnite players are always trying to find out what is coming next, what the next big event will be and which areas may be changed forever.
Well, some savvy gamers have spotted something peculiar inside of the rifts.
If you look closely enough you will see what appears to be a castle covered in snow.
This suggests two things:
That in Fortnite Season 7 it is likely the rifts will be activated transporting a castle onto the map That the rumoured Christmas/snow themed map for Season 7 could become a realityWe have had castles in Fortnite before, however, this seems to be on a whole different scale.
The evil mountain lair that arrived in Season 4
It is OK to assume that this new POI could even be as large as the secret mountain lair!
Could a giant snake be living inside of Leaky Lake? It’s possible.
Anything is possible in the weird and wonderful world that is Fortnite’s battle royale.
Could this be the map for Season 7?
We already know that Season 6 of Fortnite has to outdo not only its previous seasons but Call of Duty’s new Blackout mode, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Battlefield V’s battle royale mode (coming out in November).
A few savvy players have noted the appearance of a certain ‘set of eyes’ in Season 6‘s battle pass that could hint at the event that will take us into Season 7.
With Loot Lake being renamed Leaky Lake and a giant whirlpool appearing in the middle, players are speculating as to what could happen with the new location towards the end of the season.
One popular theory is that a giant snake will appear out of the hole and travel around the map following the bath of Loot Lake’s former house.
What do you think?
We have been waiting for more vehicles since the introduction of trolleys and ATKs into Fortnite.
The introduction of vehicles to the popular battle royale game has been widely seen as a good thing.
First trolleys in Season 4 and then ATK golf buggies in Season 5.
We can expect to see the addition of one or two new vehicles in Season 7 or sooner.
Here are the most likely contenders.
Snowmobile and skis
With the possibility of a snowy Season 7 on the horizon, we could be seeing the introduction of some sort of snowy vehicles into the game.
Skis would change up the gameplay completely as the Fortnite battle royale map is extremely hilly.
The golf carts or the Quadcrasher could also be converted to operate on the snow giving players a brand new vehicle to mess around with.
The Hoverboard
A few months back rumours and leaks showed that the hoverboard was 100% coming to Fortnite’s battle royale mode.
However, this turned out to be fake with the unique item being introduced into the ‘save the world’ mode instead.
It wouldn’t be too hard for Epic games to copy the code across and add the hoverboard into Fortnite Season 7.
It would most likely be featured similarly to the in-game jetpack item.
The ability to move fast and jump high would help to get those DUBS
All aboard
Due to some players looking through the code in future patch notes they uncovered that there may be more water areas coming to the Fortnite map.
This has led players to believe that later in season 7 there could be a great flood taking over portions of the map, especially now that Loot Lake has been corrupted.
The Chomp Sr. outfit with matching pickaxe
This could lead to new vehicles in the form of boats, and the opportunity for some more brilliant skins.
It has also been found that the skins from previous seasons often hint at what is coming next.
There were a load of water-themed skins released throughout Season 5, so it will be interesting to see if the theme continues throughout Season 6 and into Season 7.
Boats could come in all shapes and sizes so it will be interesting to see if this becomes a feature in Season 7.
Santa’s Sleigh
Although technically not a vehicle you will be able to control, the rumoured ‘Christmas’ theme for Season 7 has set tounges wagging about how exactly the map could be affected.
It would be great to see the Battle Bus being pulled along my Santa’s reindeer, or a reskin on the ATKs that will lend an x-massy feel to them.
We want more!
The latest money grabbing scheme from Fortnite is here in the form of a physical bundle.
EPIC games have announced they will releasing a ‘Deep Freeze’ bundle to celebrate the upcoming holiday season.
Although this package will be coming out slightly prematurely on November 16th in the UK.
It’s no mistake that this bundle is coming out just prior to Season 7 and as a physical copy, it’s a great opportunity for parents to buy their Fortnite obsessed kids something physical from the popular battle royale game.
What’s included in the pack for £25?
Frostbite outfit/skin Cold Front glider Chill-Axe pickaxe Freezing Point back bling 1,000 V-Bucks
Like all exclusive items (except the galaxy skin) the bundle isn’t anything special to look at.
This coupled with the fact that it’s only a timed exclusive in retail stores makes the bundle look pretty pointless.
Nostalgia is a wonderful thing.
In gaming it is usually reserved for the classics you played as a kid on the PS1, Xbox 360, NES etc, however now there’s a game called Fortnite.
EPIC games deliver such consistent updates to the game, that it is consistently changing, the map, building, guns, environment, movement and more have changed to the point where Fortnite is an entirely new game every season.
For a few months this time last year everyone was a noob at Fortnite, no one was building, everybody was a no-skin and people simply enjoyed the game.
There have been rumours floating about that EPIC may be introducing a limited time mode to take players back to the original 2017 version of Fortnite for a long time now.
It could finally be happening in Season 7.
The map has changed so much (and will continue to change) since Season 1 that it’s the perfect time to bring the classic back.
It could also bring a number of old school players back to the game who may have taken a hiatus to play different games.
Would you like to see the return of classic Fortnite?
Kevin the cube first popped up in (the rather dull) Season 5 of Fortnite.
Since then he has transformed Loot Lake into Leaky Lake, travelled around the map TWICE and split up a whole island into several floating parts that are messing with gravity, physics and the very laws of Fortnite nature!
Recently, cracks started to appear on the cube and have been growing every day.
The new Fortnitemares may be pushing the cube to its limit, ultimately causing it to explode and change the map drastically.
This theory has been floating about ever since the cube first appeared.
Now, however, there is some evidence to support this assumption.
It is likely that, come the end of Halloween, the zombies will all disappear and the cube will explode cause the next big event that will lead to the start of Fortnite Season 7.
What do you think?
Kevin the cube has finally settled down.
Despite the fact that he seems to be cracking it appears that Kevin is about to become a father.
The Fortnite: Battle Royale Leaks Twitter has revealed, through data mining, that there are a set of upcoming challenges involving ‘Lil’ Kevin’.
A cube-esque shape with a large pair of googly eyes, make Lil’ Kevin look slightly different to the formidable purple behemoth we have got so used to in Fortnite.
Will Lil’ Kevin be involved in the large event that is suggested to be taking place in the near future?
We will have to wait and see.
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Thursday, November 22, 2018
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You can get some glorious retro shirts on the cheap thanks to Black Friday
Finally there is something worth buying on Black Friday…
You can avoid the Royal-Rumble at your local shopping centre and get your hands on these beauties from the comfort of your own home.
Our friends at Football Shirt Collective have slashed their prices, meaning you can purchase some gloriously nostalgic shirts just in time for Christmas.
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How about this beautiful bruised banana Arsenal shirt to get the ball rolling?
Or this gloriously 90s Aston Villa training kit.
Unleash your inner Carlton Palmer with the red England Umbro away shirt from 1994.
Maybe you have already have enough retro shirts (as if!) Then you should get your hands on these DfB socks for £8 (down from £10.)
You can also buy their beautiful book about football shirts for £9.99 (down from £19.99) raising money for CALM and WILLOW.
For this and much much more – All you have to do is enter the code ‘BLACKFRIDAY18′ when you visit FOOTBALL SHIRT COLLECTIVE to get 20% off vintage shirts, casual wear and art.
The sale lasts from now until the evening of Sunday 25th November so don’t delay.
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