Fortnite 10GB update for patch 1.53 is an error, say Epic

Thursday tends to be the glorious Fortnite day, as that’s when a new patch comes out and the next week of battle pass challenges release. But this week we’ve been gifted a patch one day early, in the form of version 3.4.4, or 1.53 according to the PS4 dashboard. The only issue is that the patch is a whopping 10GB, far bigger than expected and around the same size as the game itself.

We’re aware that the PS4 3.4.4 patch size is 10 GB, which was unexpected. We’re looking into this issue right now, and apologize for the inconvenience.

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) 4 April 2018

Epic have confirmed on Twitter, however, that the update shouldn’t be this big and it’s only this way for players on PS4. Xbox One and PC players have an update the usual size so can play no problem, but if you’re on PS4, you can get to downloading this chunky update, or if your internet is slow, we’d recommend you hang on tight while Epic looks into solving the issue.

Apparently, this patch was just to fix one crash that was occurring, so a download this large is definitely unexpected. We’re still expecting another download, along with some server downtime tomorrow when the new challenges go live, and while that patch’s details haven’t been released, expect to see the new vending machine that has been teased by Epic, where you can trade away materials in exchange for equipment.

Hopefully they’ll also be able to fix the ‘floating gun’ bug, which happens when switching weapons too quickly and results in your gun being left behind you, levitating like some magic being has frozen it in place. Yesterday in Fortnite news, some details were leaked about the upcoming jetpack including a weekly challenge about skydiving through floating rings, and one about finding various gnomes throughout the map. We still don’t know when the jetpack is going to hit the game though, as it was replaced by the hunting rifle some weeks ago when some bugs were discovered with it.