Tonight, Fortnite waved farewell to its first 10 seasons, the initial chapter of its story, and its entire map – all in one enormous live event watched by millions.
More than 4.2 million viewers watched the game’s final moments on Twitch before the streaming platform buckled under the strain. Mixer users reported significant slowdown there also. At least 1.5m more were watching on YouTube. The game is currently the top trending topic on Twitter worldwide.
Fortnite is now down, its map gone, the game unplayable. Load up the game and you’ll see only the following screen, as fans wait for whatever comes next:
Here’s what happened.
For the past season, locations past and present have appeared across the Fortnite island. Back from an alternate future, rocket ship captain The Visitor has been attempting to fix the game’s timeline after the Zero Point detonated following the game’s season nine monster battle. Audio logs released over the past week suggested he had finally found a way.