Fortnite Battle Royale Is Getting Jetpacks Soon

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Fortnite Battle Royale is about to get even crazier, and even more vertical. Many of you have been having issues logging on to play Fornite this afternoon, but when you do finally make it online, you may notice a new update info prompt. Click that sucker, and you'll be treated to this tasty little nugget of news: Jetpacks are on the way!

That's right, my friends, Fortnite Battle Royale is getting jetpacks. What you see in the update window there is all of the information that we have. We know that it's going to probably cost an arm and a leg in v-bucks, but we don't know exactly when it will be available or what exactly it will do. Will this change the meta in a huge way, or will this be mainly cosmetic?

It's very possible that the jetpack will more of an aesthetic upgrade. It could be that when you jump out of the party bus, instead of leaving behind a glowing or flaming trail behind you, a jetpack will appear during your ascent until you whip our the glider. This would make a lot of sense, and it wouldn't require a bunch of balancing tweaks. Since this is an item that some people will be willing to pay for, and others won't, we're assuming that it would offer any gameplay advantages at all.



In the meantime, you guys still have a ton of new stuff and quality of life upgrades to get used to. The Season 3 update went live recently, and with it came so many changes. You can find our full Season 3 update wrap-up right here!

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TomPosted:

still waiting for it.... Even an official announcement by them and we still aren't seeing the jetpacks. Been well over a month.

CraigPosted:

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TheTechGang Never played this game. Now this makes it to not want to play it even more. This game is going to go down fast I think


lmao this game isnt gonna go anywhere for a long time, that was very ignorant of you to say smh.

I agree this game will not go anywhere anytime soon, it's a great game though.


It will go far, it has a big enough playerbase now that it really makes no difference what they release. People will like it enough.

CraigPosted:

As if this game wasn't triggering enough. A jetpack will just add to the salt levels like the Ghillie suit does when laying grass on pubg.

GhostPosted:

Epcot I love how this game keeps changing but I don't like futuristic games. At least an option to play a game with no jet pack!

It's a cartoon game man, adding a jet pack won't make a huge difference. I bet they'll make them as rare as gold RPGs.

GhostPosted:

Bruh, they have launch pads.. don't see the need.. but it does sound pretty fkn cool!

TTGPosted:

Skates
TheTechGang Never played this game. Now this makes it to not want to play it even more. This game is going to go down fast I think


lmao this game isnt gonna go anywhere for a long time, that was very ignorant of you to say smh.

I agree this game will not go anywhere anytime soon, it's a great game though.

TTGPosted:

This is a great game, love the updates. Hopefully it's not OP.

SkatesPosted:

TheTechGang Never played this game. Now this makes it to not want to play it even more. This game is going to go down fast I think


lmao this game isnt gonna go anywhere for a long time, that was very ignorant of you to say smh.

TomPosted:

Epcot I love how this game keeps changing but I don't like futuristic games. At least an option to play a game with no jet pack!


Its probably a get to point A and B in a quick second type of jetpack. Doubt its going to be for killing or anything along those lines.

SilkyPosted:

Doesn't sound great although will have to give it a try to find out.