Fortnite’s latest live event was its strangest yet
by Andrew Webster from The Verge - All Posts on (#66FG0)
Image: Epic Games Fortnite just wrapped up its most recent large-scale live event, and it was a strange one - even by Fortnite standards. The event, dubbed Fracture," was meant as a sendoff for Fortnite Chapter 3, and now that it's over, the game is down ahead of the launch of the next chapter on December 4th, which will introduce not only a new island, but characters like the witcher himself, Geralt of Rivia.
Before things kicked off, players were split into groups, hanging out on tiny floating islands with little to do but watch a countdown displayed on a TV screen. (My trio of players all sat around roasting marshmallows together.) That was followed by a cutscene in which The Herald, a relatively new Fortnite character, led an attack of tornadoes, and...