Players are flocking to Fortnite in record numbers coinciding with the launch of the game’s latest season, Fortnite OG.
Launched on Friday and running until June 02, 2025, the month-long season promises to take fans ofEpic’s battle royale on a trip down memory lane.
“ThroughoutFortniteOG, each major update will bring a different phase of Battle Royale’s past, starting with Chapter 1 Season 5,”Epic said.
“That means Shopping Carts, ATKs, the Assault Rifle, Pump Shotgun, and more in both Battle Royale and Zero Build!”
The Fortnite map has reverted to the Chapter 1 island, meaning players will be able to battle it out across returning points of interest including Tilted Towers, Risky Reels, Greasy Grove and Loot Lake.
The season has got off to a spectacular start. Within the first few hours of launch, Fortnite had over 3.9 million concurrent players, according to the third-party trackerFortnite.GG.
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That’s the highest total since it began recording Fortnite’s player count in April, beating out the previous peak of over 2.8 million players when the game’s last season, Chapter 4: Season 4, launched in late August.
Epicincreased the price of Fortnite V-Bucksand some real money content packs last week in some countries, including the US and most of Europe.
