Fortnite Reload Chapter 2 Slurp Rush map launch date confirmed with server downtime | Gaming | Entertainment | EUROtoday

Fortnite followers are counting all the way down to the discharge of the brand new Chapter 2-inspired Slurp Rush map for Reload.

In a publish on X, Fortnite developer Epic Games introduced an April 15 launch date for the brand new Slurp Rush Reload map. “Rift in! A new Chapter 2-inspired map, unlimited Slurp, and double the rush coming to Reload. Tomorrow,” the publish reads. Fans can even try a brand new gameplay trailer for the bite-sized map, which you’ll see additional down the web page.

In addition to the discharge of the brand new Slurp Rush map, Epic Games introduced plans to take the sport offline to be able to apply a Hotfix.

According to Epic Games, Fortnite might be taken offline to use the Hotfix at 11am BST UK time on April 15.

“We’ll be taking a short downtime tomorrow at 6 AM ET while we deploy a hotfix,” Epic tweets. “Matchmaking will be disabled 30 minutes prior.”

There’s no phrase on how lengthy the sport might be offline, however server upkeep sometimes lasts for round two hours. This means the sport needs to be again on-line at round 1pm BST.

As for Slurp Rush, the miniature map comprises eight factors of curiosity for gamers to discover.

This contains Steamy Stacks, LogJam Logging, Fort Crumpet and Boomin Base. That’s on prime of Dirty Dock, Stilt-Town, Lockdown Lighthouse and the eponymous Slurpy Swamp.

The new Reload launch additionally coincides with the return of a handful of weapons, together with the Combat Shotgun, the Maven Shotgun and the Mammoth Pistol.

The Hotfix releases only a week after the launch of replace 34.30, which added Sabrina Carpenter to the sport.

Epic explains extra: “Global superstar and two-time GRAMMY winner Sabrina Carpenter brings her eccentric brand of pop to Fortnite Festival Season 8.

“Unlock her “Juno” and “Nonsense” Jam Tracks within the Season 8 Music Pass and discover extra of her tracks within the Shop! That’s that Season 8 Icon, Sabrina: there’ll be a Sabrina Carpenter Outfit in each the Music Pass and Shop.”

In addition to Sabrina Carpenter, the current Fortnite replace launched an Adventure Time collaboration, which launched final week.