New Submachine Gun (SMG) Announced for Fortnite Battle Royale

Epic Games has updated the in-game news tab for Fortnite Battle Royale and have announced a brand new submachine gun or SMG weapon coming to its popular battle royale game. 

The announcement was made on Monday, July 16th ahead of the highly anticipated first content update for Season 5 in the v5.0 content update. 

The official description of the new SMG weapon can be found below. 

"New SMG weapon with a fast rate of fire and improved mobility."

There was no official date for when the new SMG weapon would be making its debut in the battle royale title. However, with its coming soon timetable and Tuesday, July 17th seeing the implementation of the V5.0 content update, it is highly likely that the new SMG weapon will be available when the new update goes live. 

This new weapon, which looks to be modeled after the MP5 submachine gun that has been used by military forces across the world, will be the second submachine gun to be added to Fortnite in recent weeks, as the drum gun was the latest submachine gun weapon to be added into Epic Games' popular title. The drum gun has quickly become one of the most powerful weapons in Fortnite, so it will be interesting to see if the new SMG coming to Fortnite will see the same level of success. 

Many members of the community have been anxiously awaiting to see what the first major content update for Season 5 of Fortnite would bring to their favorite game, and Epic Games has wasted no time in already introducing a new weapon for players to enjoy collecting eliminations and victory royales with. 

Are you excited to use the new SMG coming to Fortnite? Let us know in the comments below!

(cover photo courtesy of Fortnite Insider)