Epic has announced that the start of Fortnite's next season has been delayed for a third time due to "recent🐬 events".
The first season of Fortnite's second chapter will forever be remembered for two things. First, it marked the beginning of life on a brand new island — an island that appeared from a black hole into which the original island disappeared. The second thing will be how long the season lasted. As it stands, it's the longest season in Fortnite history.
Season 2 has been subject to some delays of its own. Epic originally slated the season to come to an end on April 30, 2020. However, long before tha✃t date, it was announced Season 3 would not start until June 4, 2020. Just days before the new start date, Epic chimed in again, revealing that it needed an extra week to get its Season 3 ducks in a row.
This week, Epic has revealed the start of even further. Unlike the previous postponements, this one was somewhat expected. Epic's statement reveals the reason for the third delay to be due to "ongoing injustices in society". Although it doesn't specifically mention the events, it's assumed that Epic is referring to the ongoing demonstrations a𒈔round the world following the killing of George Floyd.
The statement goes on to read, "the team is eager to move Fortnite forward, but we need to balance the Season 3 launch with time for the team to focus on themselves, their families, and their communities." As for when Season 3 will begin when taking this new delay into account, the new date is six days later on June 17, 2020. Fortnite's upcoming live event The D♌evice has also been delayed and will take place twoไ days before the end of the season on June 15.
Although not confirmed, the end of Season 2 appears to be building to Fortnite's island becoming the subject of a pretty major flood. Whatever catastrophic event it has planned, it appears to revolve around the Doomsday Machine Midas is playing with, or The Device as Epic has labeled it. Players will have to wait a ꩲlittle longer to see if the theories are correct, but there is a good reason for this delay.
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