Epic Video games has give you a completely new strategy to promote Fortnite’s Chapter 6 finale occasion and launch of Chapter 7 this weekend: by briefly turning the storm circle right into a “storm seven” for an hour on Tuesday morning. Have a look at this:
The change occurred at 6 AM PT and was reverted at 7 AM, with all video games that began throughout that one-hour window having this odd new storm circle. The change was a promotional stunt to construct hype for the Chapter 7 launch on Saturday, November 29–the chapter finale reside occasion, which can solely play one time ever, is Fortnite’s largest occasion yearly, because it often attracts participant counts within the tens of thousands and thousands for no matter spectacle Epic has in retailer.
However the emphasis on the quantity 7 is not simply because we’re about to begin Chapter 7. In the course of the finale reside occasion we’re additionally anticipating the return of the Seven–Fortnite’s Avengers-esque group of superheroes that had been led by Dwayne “The Basis” Johnson till the top of Chapter 3, after they have been eaten by evil liquid chrome. No members of the Seven have been seen because the begin of Chapter 4, and the sport just about stopped referencing them utterly in Chapter 5, so their return can be a giant deal.
The Chapter 6 finale goes down on November 29 at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET, with digital doorways opening 40 minutes earlier than. You’ll be able to learn extra about what to anticipate from the occasion right here.