Epic Games Announces Start Date of Fortnite Season 6
By Nicholas Barth ·
The start date for Season 6 of Fortnite has finally been revealed by Epic Games, and it might not be what you expected.
With Season 5 of the massively popular battle royale game from Epic Games in Fortnite coming to an end on Tuesday, September 25th, the excitement for when and how Epic Games will kick off Season 6 of Fortnite is at an all time high. Much of the Fortnite community believed that Epic Games would likely begin Season 6 of Fortnite on the same day that Season 5 would end.
However, taking to the official Twitter account for Fortnite, Epic Games officially announced when fans of the battle royale title will be seeing the start of Season 6 taking place.
"Season 6 is now dropping from the Battle Bus on September 27," said Epic Games in the announceemnt of the Season 6 start date. "Celebrate its arrival and unlock those final Battle Pass rewards with an additional 400% Match XP all weekend, from now until September 24 at 8 AM ET (1200 GMT). Glide into the party!"
Season 6 is now dropping from the Battle Bus on September 27.
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) September 21, 2018
Celebrate its arrival and unlock those final Battle Pass rewards with an additional 400% Match XP all weekend, from now until September 24 at 8 AM ET (1200 GMT). Glide into the party! ?
In addition to the reveal that the start of Season 6 of Fortnite will be taking place on Thursday, September 27th, it was announced that this upcoming weekend will feature an additional 400% XP for every match. The major bump in XP gained will be lasting from Friday, September 21st to Monday, September 24th.
Now, Fortnite players will be able to get a major boost in experience gained in every match they play this weekend in order to have a much better chance of unlocking their remaining rewards from the current Battle Pass. With plenty of awesome cosmetic items available for those who have not yet completed their Battle Pass, there will likely be plenty of players looking to finish out this current time period of the popular battle royale game strong with the additional XP ready to be earned.
Due to the approach for the start of Season 6 coming closer every day, Epic Games will likely begin to drop major teasers regarding what the theme of the next time period for the battle royale title will be and what possible changes could be coming to the map that players battle for Victory Royales on every day.
Are you excited to see what Epic Games has in store for players at the start of Season 6 for Fortnite Battle Royale? Let us know in the comments below!
(cover photo courtesy of Epic Games)