Fortnite fans are counting down the days until the release of this season’s biggest update. In a pleasant and unexpected surprise, Epic Games has announced plans to release a brand new weekend update. Fortnite update 30.20 is set to arrive on June 22 for PS5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, and Android. Since the next update adds a new game mode called Fortnite OG Reload, Epic plans to release the update alongside an extended server downtime. Fortnite servers will be taken offline for maintenance at 6:00am BST (UK time) on Saturday morning. Matchmaking will be disabled at around 5:30am, and servers are expected to come back online at around 10:00am BST.
The news was announced by Epic Games at X along with information about new tournament times.
“Downtime for v30.20 begins at 1am ET, with matchmaking ending shortly before,” Epic Games said in a post.
“Due to the downtime, we have made the following changes to the tournament schedule: Earlier start times for OCE and Asia Ranked Cups & Ranked Cup Solo Zero Build. OCE FNCS Major 3 Open Qualifier 2 start time moved back by one hour.”
As for Fortnite OG Reload, the upcoming game mode brings back plenty of classic locations from Chapter 1.
As you can see from the teaser trailer below, this includes Tilted Towers, Pleasant Park, Retail Row, Lil’ Loot Lake, Sandy Sheets, and Lazy Laps.
Judging by the teaser, the OG Reload battlefield is smaller than the current map, which should lead to faster games, possibly with fewer participants.
Fans will be sure to find out when the full Fortnite Reload trailer drops at 5am BST (UK time) on June 21. The trailer is embedded further down the page, so keep checking back to watch it in full.
In addition to the release of Fortnite Reload, the new update is expected to include files for the upcoming summer event.
The annual summer event usually begins in the United States in time for the Fourth of July celebrations.
Limited-time items such as fireworks, flare guns, and ice cream cones will be added, while new POIs will be added to explore.
There is usually an exclusive set of challenges, complete with a number of bonus rewards separate from the Battle Pass.
Speaking of the Battle Pass, Fortnite update 30.20 is expected to add Magneto to the Battle Pass, complete with a set of new challenges.
New items are expected to include the bolt-action sniper rifle, and new skins are expected to include characters from Pirates of the Caribbean.
Of course, Update 30.20 also brings a number of bug fixes and gameplay optimizations, which you can see below.
Early patch notes for Fortnite update 30.20…
GENERALLY
• Videos will play in the lobby every time you start Amazon Luna.
– We are investigating an issue where the intro lobby videos for Amazon Luna players play on every launch. We are working to fix this in a future update.
BATTLE ROYALE
• The setting “Lock input method as mouse” does not work correctly
– The “Lock mouse input” setting may not work as intended
• Back Bling Beacon Glass is displayed incorrectly in the locker
– When players select the Back Bling Beacon Glass from their Locker, the Back Bling shards will drop.
LEGO® FORTNITE
• Locker’s Vehicles – SUV/Truck and Sports Car sections will change to a different background color when navigating through the cosmetic options
• If the SUV/Truck Locker category is set as the main vehicle, the player’s sports car will appear instead of the Behemoth body when entering a Rocket Racing island
• The skull texture from the Behemoth Dune Hunter Behemoth decal is applied to the trim when the video view distance setting is set to Epic or Wide, but is not present at lower settings.
• Black painted Werewolf and Diestro bodies are currently not transferable from Fortnite to Rocket League for owners of these bodies.
• McLaren 765LT Painted wheel variants are currently not transferable from Fortnite to Rocket League for owners of this body.