New Fortnite Break Barrel Shotgun and Two Snipers Leaked
By Nicholas Barth ·
Dataminers have uncovered files in the v5.2 version of Fortnite that have leaked a new break barrel shotgun and two new sniper rifles that may be coming to the title in the future.
Dataminers at XDA Developers have combed through the v5.2 files that are currently on the installer APK file for Fortnite Battle Royale and have uncovered three new weapons that could possibly be added into Fortnite in the future. These three new weapons consist of the new break barrel shotgun, the heavy sniper and the rail sniper.
Files for the new break barrel shotgun, heavy sniper and rail sniper have been added by Epic Games into the files of Fortnite Battle Royale in v5.2. However, XDA Developers explained that there has been no confirmation that the break barrel, heavy sniper and rail sniper will be added into the live version of the game, even though the files for the three weapons have been added into the APK files of Fortnite.
"We were able to find these new files by using UE Viewer to unpack the .pak files from games made in Unreal Engine. Keep in mind the items we found below are new in this update compared to v5.1. However, they might have been in the game previously and later removed, only to return in this release. Furthermore, Epic will sometimes add these items without actually releasing them, so even though they are in the files they might not actually make it into a live build of the game. Keep this in mind while reading through the list," said XDA Developers.
No information regarding the new break barrel shotgun or rail sniper was discovered through the datamining, but the dataminers have been successful in uncovering information for the heavy sniper. This information has pointed to the Fortnite heavy sniper will have the ability to pierce through structures and inflict a decreased amount of damage to players. It will be interesting to see if Epic Games goes ahead with the addition of the heavy sniper considering a large majority of the community may not be pleased with another weapon that can easily combat building.
While there is a high chance that the new break barrel shotgun, heavy sniper and rail sniper will make their way into Fortnite sometime in future content updates, the addition of these weapons can not be confirmed until Epic Games has collaborated their place in the battle royale title.
(cover photo courtesy of Fortnite Insider)