New Year’s resolution.
Fortnite is back up and running, and patch v.2.5.0 is live. The update brings new Lunar New Year legendary skins and weapons, a new grenade, and 4K support on Xbox One X.
The full list of patch notes were posted today and as well as a bunch of bug fixes, there’s a new impulse grenade limited to supply drops and treasure chests, and a slew of new Dragon weapons to mark the Lunar New Year.
Lunar New Year heroes with four new kits have also been added, in the form of Berserker, Thunderstrike, Riot Control, and Flash:
- Berserker – A fearless Soldier who rushes into combat at close range with War Cry and Shockwave.
- Thunderstrike – A Ninja who focuses on stunning nearby foes, and exploiting that state to deal increased damage.
- Riot Control – Constructor focused on controlling the battlefield with DECOY, and wiping out packs of enemies with Plasma Pulse.
- Flash – An elusive Outlander who uses Phase Shift to stun and escape from groups of enemies.
Players can now search for treasure in “thematic Shrines” that can be found across the map, and the Spring It On! event is live with rewards including legendary soldier Love Trooper Jonesy, a choice of three legendary Dragon ranged weapons, a new legendary melee defender, Firecracker tickets, V-Bucks, and seasonal Spring It On! gold.
On the PlayStation 4 side of things, Epic Games has been working with Sony to “resolve the issue that occurred for some Fortnite players in which patches took longer to download than they should.”
Meanwhile, on the Xbox One X, 4K support has now been added.
Fortnite added a Batte Royale feature last year and saw the game’s player base surge to over 7 million. Just this month, the game beat PlayerUnknown’s Battleround’s concurrent PC player record by around 200,000, when it reached 3.4 million concurrents almost two weeks ago.
If you’re looking to join the fray, you can check out IGN’s Fortnite wiki for tips and tricks.
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