Fortnite Remix will be a three-part experience featuring a live show, a new season and a finale “event to remember”, Epic Games has revealed.
To kick things off, in Prelude: The Remix players will once again temporarily shirk their Battle Royale duties to collectively take part in a new activity or experience. In the past, players have been treated to a virtual concert starring a giant Travis Scott and banded together to destroy an alien mothership.
This time around, Epic Games is teasing a musical nostalgia-fest, which will serve as a precursor for the new season, entitled Chapter 2: Remix.
Here’s everything you need to know about the looming updates, including the inevitable downtime that will render the game unplayable.
Fortnite live event start time: When does Remix: The Prelude begin?
Fortnite’s Remix: The Prelude live event starts on Friday November 1 at 10.30pm in the UK (3.30 pm PDT/6.30pm EDT).
Alrighty, here’s what we CAN tell you (for now):
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) October 28, 2024
Yes, there’s an event - more info tomorrow!
Yes, we’re going back to the Chapter 2 Island - with splashes of content from the earliest seasons
Yes, Remix comes with a tuneful twist - 🎵🎵🎵🎵
Cue younger players begging their parents to let them stay up past their bedtimes – or sneaking their phones under the covers.
The live event will take place in Battle Royale and Zero Build playlists, and players will be protected from the storm and unable to inflict damage on others in Restored Reels.
When will downtime begin?
To ensure all eyes are on the main event, matchmaking is typically disabled for some modes shortly before the start of a live show.
For its part, Epic is recommending players log in to the game a few hours early to avoid having to queue and risk missing the action.
More downtime usually follows after an event while Epic takes the entire game offline for several hours so it can implement the new seasonal update.
A show remixed. A season reimagined. AND a chapter end event to remember.
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) November 1, 2024
Press play on the unstoppable three-part Remix experience. Starting tonight! pic.twitter.com/JRFS0jDUNm
When will Fortnite Chapter 2: Remix start?
Fortnite Chapter 2: Remix should therefore kick off in the early morning on Saturday November 2.
Based on the start times of past seasons, we would expect it to start about 7am in the UK, though downtime for updates can vary.
The season will last until November 30, when it will conclude with a Remix: The Finale end event.
What to expect
While it has Chapter 2 in the title, the new season might not just focus on that era. As usual, the map may undergo changes, bringing back old locations such as Craggy Cliffs, Dirty Docks and Frenzy Farm.
For its part, Epic has released a series of clips teasing the return of past characters including 8-Ball, TNTina, Midas Meowscles, female Guff and a new female Chaos Agent, which are likely to be in the Chapter 2 battle pass.
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— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) October 29, 2024
the final tape. did you play them forward? pic.twitter.com/c8wsuTjNqi
Elsewhere, Fortnite Festival could feature Snoop Dogg as its season six headliner. Epic, who could also pop up during the Prelude (or maybe it will be Marshmello, who hosted Fortnite’s first live event in 2019).
Epic has also revealed that Reload Solos are dropping at the same time as Fortnite Remix on November 2. As a result, players will finally be able to go it alone in the more compact competitive mode, starting with one extra respawn and picking up more with each elimination (with a max of three respawns).
