Following the spectacular Demise Star Sabotage season finale occasion, Fortnite is offline for upkeep forward of the launch of Chapter 6 Season 3. The Emperor has been defeated, the Empire has been run off the Fortnite island but once more, and after 5 brief weeks of Star Wars mayhem, it is time for Fortnite to maneuver on to its summer time season, which has solely simply barely been formally revealed–more on that in a second.
Star Wars season was an unorthodox one for Epic Video games, which had by no means dropped a season fairly like this one before–past mini seasons have been throwbacks, somewhat than full-throated collaboration occasions, although final yr’s Remix season blurred that line. However now that it is over, Fortnite goes again to a extra customary season for the summer time. And we can’t have lengthy to attend for it to get began.
Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 3 begin time
Each earlier time {that a} Fortnite season ended with a stay occasion on a Saturday, the sport went offline till a minimum of Sunday morning. However this time, it appears as if Season 3 will as an alternative be launching tonight.
Gamers who accomplished the Demise Star Sabotage occasion have been greeted with a timer counting right down to the beginning of the brand new season–but it stated it will begin in lower than six hours. The timer is counting down to five PM PT / 8 PM ET on Saturday night. That does not essentially assure that it really can be again on-line then, since upkeep downtime size will be unpredictable, however clearly that’s what Epic Video games is aiming for.
Provided that, you’ll be able to anticipate Fortnite to be again on-line someday throughout the night after 5 PM PT on Saturday.
The timer display additionally revealed that Superman can be headlining the brand new season, the primary official affirmation of a current leak. Read more about the new season right here.