After the seemingly official return of the Fortnite Battle Royale patch notes, Epic Games is continuing to surprise us today — this time with a rather surprising announcement.
On its official website, the publisher explained how they were extending the first season of this new chapter in Fortnite — until February 2020.
With a new year comes new beginnings! Last year we celebrated 14 Days of Fortnite over the holidays. This year we’ve got even more content for you to unwrap, including new game features, free rewards and a live experience that you won’t want to miss. To prepare for all the new holiday-themed updates, we will be extending Chapter 2’s first season into early February. Get ready for winter!
For now, it's unclear what Epic Games' intentions are with this announcement. Season 1 will be extended by more than two months, making it the longest in the history of the game, with no new long-term missions apparent.
Don't panic, however — the new content is precisely, according to Epic, what is driving this extension.
We should see a lot of new developments by the end of the year, all over the place — from missions and challenges to weapons and cosmetics.
This morning, prominent datameters such as Lucas7yoshi went as far as extracting a file showing the exact end date of the season.
This image shows a potential season end date as February 6, 2020.
From this, we could assume that season in Chapter 2 are likely to be much longer than previously, and that they would be characterized by a more radical change in the game experience, as was the case with the arrival of Apollo Island.
An overview of Patch 11.20 is available in these patch notes. All changes and features available now are detailed.
