Battle royale, live events, and the item shop.
Tenth and without a Victory Royale after Day 1, Hylnd Amp won six matches on Day 2 to top Epic’s official leaderboard. First place pays $50,000.
Beat a Five Nights at Freddy’s animatronic to possess it, or defeat Freddy Krueger in the new Nightmare Neighborhood to claim his teleporting slash.
Count Brickula’s Crypt arrives October 29, two creator-made builds drop in, and mobile players get a cleaner control layout.
Epic will require new thumbnails and logos to publish or update islands from October 22, and says it has removed more than 81,000 spam islands since March.
Harrowville assets and new party tools arrive in Creative and UEFN, alongside voice chat that connects friends across Epic's apps.
Fortnite is crossing over with Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, letting players earn a free Odysseus skin based on Matt Damon before the film hits theaters.
Fortnite extended Grammy winner Laufey's Festival Season 14 by two weeks to July 29, keeping her immersive experience and Music Pass live by popular demand.
Fortnite's Hot Bat Summer event drops beach-themed DC skins, including Summer Batman, Harley Quinn, Catwoman, and Poison Ivy, alongside a Batmobile car body.
Epic made Fortnite OG a permanent mode in 2026, and the game's famously rare Rogue Agent skin resurfaced in the item shop after eight years away.
The Fortnite Championship Series returns in 2026 with a Duos format and a prize pool topping $10 million, building through three Majors to a November Global Championship.
Epic is shutting down Fortnite's Ballistic and Festival Battle Stage modes and winding down Rocket Racing in 2026, part of a broader cost-cutting effort.
Epic Games laid off more than 1,000 employees in 2026 as Tim Sweeney cited a Fortnite engagement downturn, with playtime down 29% year over year.
Fortnite's Shattered live event pitted The Foundation, voiced by Dwayne Johnson, against the Ice King, bridging into Chapter 7 Season 3 and reviving the Zero Point saga.
Fortnite's Chapter 7 Season 3, called Runners, launched June 6 with a John Wick Battle Pass skin, returning Sprites, and a tropical island reshaped by a volcano.
