Fortnite kicked off its new chapter on Sunday – chapter 4 – and with that introduced, Epic Games is developing a number of innovations. The game attracts, among other things, with a brand new map and a number of graphics updates.
Watch the trailer for the latest Fortnite chapter.
Fortnite Battle Royale has eliminated the map introduced in the previous chapter. Now players can explore new areas, such as the desert fortress of The Citadel, the medieval city of Anvil Square and the snowy Brutal Bastion.
With the new map also comes more ways to get from place to place. Among other things, Epic is announcing a motocross bike, as well as the ability to shoot down giant snowballs that you can jump onto and knock down opponents.
Maneuvering on foot otherwise gets another boost, with the ability to jump low walls at high speed. Of course, new weapons are also being added, and as the trailers show here in the article, characters from every game and film series around the world make an appearance. Here is Marvel’s Hulk and The Witcher’s Geralt.
Elsewhere in the land of Fortnite, Epic has revamped the look and feel of the game. The developer brings back a number of features from the Unreal Engine 5.1 that the game now uses, which among other things provide better light and shadow effects. You can read more about the update on the Fortnite website.
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