If you aren’t a big Fortnite player, it’s probably best to just sit this one out and watch from a YouTuber’s stream. Yo, that’s crazy! When does this all happen?Įverything is set to ring off at 4 p.m. Yes, and that’s exactly why people are suspecting that he’s going to swallow up the planet it exists on and cause another “black hole” type of reset. Yup! They’re playing out an event called the Nexus War where players have to defend the island from Galactus with the help of Marvel’s heroes. Thanos, even with the Infinity Gauntlet, doesn’t even compare.
He first appeared in Marvel’s Fantastic Four comics in the late 60’s and is still one of the brand’s toughest villains. He’s a cosmic villain who literally eats planets to sustain himself. They don’t call him the Devourer of Worlds for nothing. Y’all thought Thanos was bad? Galactus is far and away the more powerful villain in Marvel lore. Alright, so who is Galactus? I’ve never heard of him Superheroes like Wolverine, Iron Man and Mystique have all made cameos in the game and have been recruited by players to help them battle Galactus, Devourer of Worlds, in the season finale today. Long story short, chapter 2 season 4 has basically been a big Marvel crossover. In Fortnite’s current season players have been recruiting heroes from Marvel’s universe to prepare for the battle against one of the brand’s most dastardly villains. What we do know, though, is that Marvel super villain Galactus will undoubtedly be part of whatever is coming.
Will they be sucked into another black hole like the start of Chapter 2? Will any semblance of the old map be recreated in some virtual cataclysmic event? Will there be some sort of extended downtime on the game as a result?Īgain, we have no idea. In-gaming spending dropped by by 52% this July, compared to the same period last year, according to Edison Trends.Gamers have no idea how Fortnite’s current season will end. Many players were disappointed by season 10 of the game, and it drew a lukewarm response from reviewers. The game’s viewership and revenue took a dip in the second quarter of 2019, according to a report by Streamlabs and Newzoo, a gaming analytics firm.
After generating a jaw-dropping $2.4 billion in revenue in 2018, the highest annual revenue of any game in history, let alone a game that is free to play, signs emerged that things were slowing down. It’s a positive turn for Fortnite, which has had a rough few months.
Searches for “Fortnite” were at the highest on Sunday then at any point over the past 12 months, according to Google. (Though these numbers pale in comparison to more than 10 million people who tuned in to watch DJ Marshmello perform in Fortnite back in February.) At its peak, more than 4 million people watched the event on YouTube, according to gaming consultant Rod Breslau.
Ambitious players spent hours trying to crack the code, cross-referencing the numbers to the game’s Visitor Recording collectibles and even Google Maps. Was it finally the end of Fortnite? Cryptic numbers began appearing on the screen. Idle players immediately began spinning wild theories. No one could get into the game its menu system and map had all been sucked into the abyss. Over the next 36 hours, millions tuned in on Twitch, Twitter, and YouTube to watch what was essentially a livestream of a black hole. The unexplained outage rattled the game’s millions of loyal fans. The cryptic astrological image appeared across all of the game’s social media accounts. Players had logged in to “The End”-a special event that Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite, held to mark the end of its tenth season-where a rocket blew up in the game and plunged everyone into a black hole. 13 at roughly 2pm US Eastern time, was in fact intentional. The outage, which occurred on Sunday, Oct. Fortnite, one of the world’s most popular video games, went mysteriously black over the weekend.