While it’s easy to think of Epic Game’s Fortnite as a title that has always been on the forefront of the Battle Royale genre, those who know the history of the game know that this isn’t true. The game started out as something very different, and by the time it released in 2017, it didn’t even have a Battle Royale mode. That came later, and that’s what made the game famous, but, the original mode, Save The World, still lives on as a paid addition to those who want it.
But, Epic Games noted recently that they were going to change this. They were going to make Save The World free just like Battle Royale, and they were going to it this year. But…in a new update, they revealed that this isn’t the case anymore:
We decided to move the free-to-play launch of Save the World out of this year. We’re working on a broad set of features, reworks, and backend system scaling we believe are needed to go free-to-play. Save the World has grown consistently since our launch in July 2017 and Fortnite overall has experienced unprecedented growth. Scaling up for the legions of player heroes who will be joining the fight is key to providing an excellent experience. This applies to all of our players, old and new, so we’re taking the time to get this right.
Given that Fortnite has had some unfortunate instability in the past with certain major updates (including a recent botch with tournaments), it actually is a rather smart idea to delay things for a time. Plus, that’ll give them time to work on the Save The World Halloween event, which they also detailed in the post:
“You’ll head to Hexsylvania to revisit last year’s Vlad Moon Rising questline,” Epic Games explained. “If you played the event last year you may notice a few changes… and even more Vlad than before. New visitors to Hexsylvania will deliver some spooky world saving, as Ray and company confront history’s evil-est Vlad.”
Stay tuned for more updates from Epic Games.
