Double Barrel Shotgun Officially Announced for Fortnite

A previous leak through the datamining of the V5.2 content update files that had been added to Fortnite by dataminers revealed that a brand new weapon in the form of the double barrel break action shotgun could possibly be added into Fortnite sometime in the future. 

However, Epic Games updated the in-game news tab for Fortnite on Monday, August 6th and has confirmed that the new legendary and epic double barrel shotgun will be coming to the battle royale game very soon. 

The official description for the double barrel weapon coming to Fortnite states that the new weapon is a "new Epic and Legendary shotgun that can be fired twice in rapid succession." Players who have not been happy with the current state of shotguns and the smg heavy meta that has dominated Season 5 of Fortnite will likely be very excited to see if the new double barrel weapon can help make its class of weapons a more viable option for a spot in a player's inventory. 

With the ability to fire two shots in quick succession, the fire rate of the double barrel close range weapon will definitely be a major upgrade over the fire rate that the three close range weapons of the class that are currently in the battle royale game possess.  

Team SoloMid Player and popular Twitch streamer Ali "Myth" Kabbani took to Twitter and stated that he believes Epic Games should vault the Tactical Shotgun when the new weapon is added.  

Tact shotgun should get vaulted when the double barrel comes out imo.

— Myth (@TSM_Myth) August 6, 2018

It is expected that the new double barrel shotgun will be added into Fortnite when the v5.20 patch is implemented into the battle royale game. Epic Games announced on its official Twitter account that the downtime for the implementation of the v5.20 patch that will likely bring the double barrel shotgun to Fortnite will be beginning at 4 AM EST on Tuesday, August 7th.