Fortnite Season 2 Delayed After Game Becomes Increasingly Unstable

Epic Video games has determined it needs a little more time to get Fortnite working proper once more earlier than we transfer onto Chapter 7 Season 2. The 2-week delay was introduced a day after the newest sport replace caused hitching and crashes when loading into the foyer or readying up for a match, the newest in a sequence of stability points which have plagued Fortnite over the previous month.

Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 2 is now scheduled to start on March 19.

This rash of stability points appeared to start when the South Park collaboration occasion began on January 9. That replace caused the UI in the game lobby to hitch each time a participant did just about anything–emoting, selecting sport modes, shopping the locker, and so forth. These points seemed to be solved with the replace on January 22, however that patch brought about new points like game crashes and UI lag in matches, and it required each an extra round of emergency maintenance and a bonus game update to cope with the issues it launched.

And now the present replace, launched on Thursday, causes prolonged hitches–as lengthy as 5-10 seconds–when returning to the foyer from a match or readying up on PC and current-gen platforms. On older consoles like PS4, Change, and Xbox One, these hitches can turn into outright crashes.

Given the issue Epic has had in stamping out these stability issues, a delay for Season 2 might be factor. Sure, the delay implies that Season 1 will find yourself operating for practically 4 months, which is extraordinarily lengthy for a Fortnite season, however that is gotta be preferable to Season 2 launching in a doubtlessly damaged state.

In the meantime, this week additionally noticed the launch of Chappell Roan season in Fortnite Competition, which launched a brand new music cross that features a Chappell Roan pores and skin, and jam tracks for her tune Pink Pony Membership and David Bowie’s Starman. Test it out under.