Fortnite’s next live event and season 3 have been postponed once again. This time, the reason behind this is the ongoing protests in the US. Epic Games announced via its blog post that the teams “need to focus on themselves, their families, and their communities”. It added that the live event named ‘The Device’ and Season 3 has been extended to 15 June and 17 June respectively. Before this event and Fortnite Season 3 was pushed forward once in April and the second time last week. Apart from this, many other companies have also decided to block their respective updates and upcoming content for some time.
Epic Games blog post Explained why live events and the new Fortnite season have been pushed back. This release and event have been postponed due to the unrest caused by the recent death of George Floyd in the US and the subsequent protests from Zorro. To this, the company said (translated) “The team is keen to push Fortnite forward, but we need to balance the launch time of Season 3 at the moment so that the team can focus on themselves, their families and their communities. ” The post states that a live event called ‘The Device’ has been postponed until Monday, June 15, while Fortnite Season 3 or Chapter 2 Season 3 has been postponed until Wednesday, June 17.
Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 3 was originally planned to be released on May 1 but was postponed until June 4. At the time, Epic Games had not clarified why it postponed the release date for the new season. Then, one of The Verge Report Accordingly, Live Event and Chapter 2 Season 3 were postponed until 6 June and 11 June respectively. Even then, Epic Games did not give a reason for the delay, but it was believed that the coronavirus epidemic was the reason behind it.
Now, the Fortnite live event and the new season have been delayed once again but this time we have a reason for it. As we said the live event will start on June 15 while Fortnite Chapter 2 season 3 will start on June 17.
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