Fortnite used to be so eerie...
Seizure/Audio Warning: Here's a clip from the 2011 version of Fortnite of trolls performing a ritual to summon a Taker and attacking the player!
Fortnite was planning on having 2 ways to beat the game in 2011!
Good Ending: While playing, there would be a random chance for a mist storm to takeover all the buildings in the area. If you were inside any of the buildings and placed a generator, the buildings and the player
JUST UNCOVERED: Epic was working on a Fortnite Mobile spin-off game called Fortnite World Explorers in 2014!
Players would gather their roster of heroes, battle enemies, and take control of the map!
(Found by archivist,
@MrTalida
)
throwback to 2021 when the STW team were trying to communicate with us through the questlines
"Cut yourself a little slack, we're all doing our best, and that's... not too terrible."
Some other changes:
-Wind Foliage is back! (the tree animations used to be stuck unless you hit the tree)
-Weapons now display the material it's made of in the name!
We’re only 3 days away from Fortnite’s 7th Birthday and we haven’t gotten a Birthday Event this year…
This week’s update is the last chance, do you think we’re getting anything?
Before Battle Royale, Fortnite's first ever attempt at a PvP mode was called Weather the Storm! (2016)
Description: Two teams gather resources, craft weapons and fortify their core (Dinosaur vs. Unicorn) before trying to control a weather tower that pushes monsters toward the
New changes:
-Added the new movement animations, but doesn't affect your speed + it doesn't work with some weapons
-New BR tag and knocked sound effects
-BR and STW locker is now combined + new locker UI
Save the World is now mentioned in the list of modes that a cosmetic is usable in!
This appears to only show up for skins in the Battlepass menu.
(Thanks to
@raiderbellexd
for letting me know!)
Today marks 4 years since the infamous State of Development Update was posted!
Epic announced the following:
-Free to Play was cancelled
-Save the World is no longer in early access and would remain a “premium experience”
-Founders packs were removed
-Future Content would slow
Based on some info provided to
@archer_fortnite
and I, we can 100% confirm that the blue dimension was intended to be a Save the World easter egg!
*It is not lore related, but just a nod to Save the World*
FreightTrain, the community manager for STW, was unfortunately laid off today as apart of the Epic Games layoffs…
It was an honor having him apart of the community and appreciate everything he has done for us. I wish him the best of luck on his next chapter! 🫡
Epic accidentally kept a dev mission in the Frozen Fjords Venture Zone where there is literally no objective, just walk around and explore lmao
(Brought to my attention by
@WishFN_
)
Blasted Badlands Ventures Vbucks Summary!
-1480 Vbucks from Mission Alerts
-6080 Vbucks from Daily Quests (minimum)
A total of 7560 Vbucks, worth ~$68!
Ever wonder what the thumbs up button at the end of the game is for?
It was meant to be used as a Karma system where the more thumbs up you get from other players, the better your rewards would be. This was going to be used to combat against AFK players and yet almost 7 years
Early look at the Item Shop coming to Save the World!
Fun Fact: It’s now been more than 4 years since Epic announced that the release of the Item Shop in STW was on hold indefinitely.
(Video via
@AllyJax_
)
In honor of the first ever Fortnite trailer turning 12 years old this month, here’s an unfinished version of that trailer!
At the end, you’ll notice that the game was originally called Fortnight, but was changed about a month later! (2011)