Battle Royale

Snowboarding Champion Chloe Kim Rides into the Fortnite Icon Series

Published

5 months ago

March 23, 2022

Matthew

Queen of the half-pipe, snowboarder Chloe Kim now prepares for the slopes around Logjam! This two-time gold medalist will soon be sliding into the Icon Series, with her Outfit and accessories becoming available starting Saturday, March 26, 2022, at 8 PM ET. But before this, dream and go big in March 24’s Chloe Kim Cup! The top-performing players in each region will unlock the Chloe Kim Outfit (+ more) prior to its Item Shop debut.

The Kicker of the Chloe Kim Outfit: Alt Styles

Change up the snowsuit of the Chloe Kim Outfit! The Outfit comes with four alt Styles in addition to its default one:

Back to Back: Black snowsuit adorned with a gold dragon — inspired by her back-to-back gold medal victories.

Pink Poppies: Pink and blue snowsuit with a change in hair color to match.

Icy Infusion: Reactive! Start out looking like the Pink Poppies Style each match, then as you get more eliminations, become as icy as the Deep Freeze Style below.
Deep Freeze Style: A frozen take on the Pink Poppies Style. ❄

Chloe Kim Set Accessories

Hit the slopes extra prepared! Included with the Chloe Kim Outfit is the Sub-Zero Flight Back Bling.

Below are the other Chloe Kim Set accessories that’ll be available in the Item Shop!

Frozen Flourish Pickaxe: Ready to leave the competition in the cold.

Fortnite Chloe Kim Frozen Flourish Pickaxe

Nunbola Glider: Guardian of the icy peaks.

Board Flair Emote: Show off your half-pipe airtime.

The Chloe Kim Outfit (+ Sub-Zero Flight Back Bling), Frozen Flourish Pickaxe, Nunbola Glider, and Board Flair Emote will be available individually or in the Chloe Kim Bundle. This bundle also includes the Nunbola’s Flight Loading Screen:

Dropping in for the next round.

Get the Edge on Opponents in the Chloe Kim Cup

Go for gold in the Chloe Kim Cup happening Thursday, March 24! In this no-build Duos tournament, compete for a chance to unlock the Chloe Kim Outfit and Sub-Zero Flight Back Bling before they hit the Item Shop. Also, all players who earn at least eight points will unlock the Nunbola’s Flight Loading Screen!

Play up to ten matches within your region’s three-hour time window. Specific event timing for each region can be found in the Compete tab in-game. Scoring will work as follows:

Match Placement

Victory Royale: 25 Points
2nd: 22 Points
3rd: 20 Points
4th: 18 Points
5th: 17 Points
6th: 16 Points
7th: 15 Points
8th: 14 Points
9th: 13 Points
10th: 12 Points
11th: 11 Points
12th: 10 Points
13th: 9 Points
14th: 8 Points
15th: 7 Points
16th: 6 Points
17th: 5 Points
18th – 19th: 4 Points
20th – 21st: 3 Points
22nd – 23rd: 2 Points
24th – 25th: 1 Point

Each Elimination

1 Point

Players must have 2FA enabled and verified on their Epic account to participate, as well as be at account level 50 or above. (You can find your account level in Fortnite’s “Career” tab.) For full details and eligibility requirements, please see the Chloe Kim Cup Official Rules page.

When it Snows, it Pours…

It’s no coincidence that the current Creative Hub is snow-themed! Jump into the Penguin Peak Hub by community creators Bradymano and Ejdubs and go skiing with other players. This Hub will be live until March 30 at 10 AM ET. At the same time the Hub is live, the Epic’s Picks row in the Discover page will feature winter-themed Islands!

Battle Royale

Chapter 3 Season 2 Live Event: Everything we know so far

Published

4 months ago

April 24, 2022

Matthew

The first live event of Chapter 3 is expected to take place in less than six weeks. Here’s everything we know so far, based on various leaks.

Leaked Map Stages

All future stages for the territories controlled by both The Seven and Imagined Order have been leaked by data-miner Hypex. The maps show the Resistance will retake control of most of the Island, leaving only Command Cavern and Loot Lake for the IO. The final stage will lead the story directly into a live event, with the Imagined Order having little options left for victory.

Phase 3, 4, 5 & 6 of The Seven & IO war territories 👀 pic.twitter.com/rgVpJId1J2
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) April 5, 2022

Leaked Quest Voice Line

Epic also recently added new voice lines for the upcoming Week 6 Quests which, when reviewed closely, appear to tease the main story of a new live event. The Agent Jones character claims “one of the IO’s Doomsday devices is now in production”, seemingly hinting that the new event could be related to Chapter 2 Season 2’s The Device, which was also focused around a “Doomsday Device”.

A transcript of the Agent Jones voice lines can be found below:

“This will not come as a surprise, but IO management loves Doomsday machines – loves them! There’s even a doomsday division at HQ, oh man their softball team is awful but they will one day destroy us all so… kind of a wash. We have very credible intel that one of the IO’s Doomsday devices is now in production. We need to find out everything we can while we still can. Hit the field, I’ll prep the cameras . . . I have a very bad feeling that we are not ready for what we’re gonna find out.”

Doomsday Landmark

According to Fortnite data-miner GMatrixGames, a new Landmark code-named ‘DDMachine’ has been added to the game’s tags, suggesting that the Doomsday Device described by Agent Jones could be added to the map in the future.

Reminder that back a few updates ago, a landmark codenamed "DDMachine" was added to the tags, but never added to the map. Bringing this up again, because of IO's Doomsday Division being brought up by Jones in his quest dialogue.
— GMatrixGames (@GMatrixGames) April 19, 2022

Less than six weeks remain until the potential live event. We’ll keep you updated with the latest leaks and official announcements.

Battle Royale

Boogie Bomb and Rift-To-Go Unvaulted Until April 25

Published

4 months ago

April 22, 2022

Matthew

In preparation for the upcoming item vote, the Boogie Bomb and Rift-To-Go have both been unvaulted for a trial period until April 25.

The Boogie Bomb and Rift-To-Go have been unvaulted for a trial period until April 25th. #Fortnite pic.twitter.com/vJQhXyviSn
— Fortnite News 💥 (@FortniteBR) April 22, 2022

Players can now find the items scattered throughout the Island from Chests, Llamas, Supply Drops, Loot Sharks and ground loot. Once the short trial period ends on April 25 at 8AM ET, new gold funding stations will go live in-game on the following day to let players “fund” the item they want to see return permanently (for the rest of Season 2). The item that becomes 100% funded first will automatically be reintroduced to the loot pool as soon as the goal, of which the exact value is unknown, is reached.

We’ll keep you updated on which item gets unvaulted.

Battle Royale

Leak: S.T.A.R.S. Team and El Chapulín Colorado to Return Very Soon

Published

4 months ago

April 22, 2022

Matthew

Fortnite has re-added multiple Item Shop sections to its API, meaning they will be available very soon. Five existing sections have also been removed, suggesting Epic doesn’t plan to bring those Sets back to the Item Shop for a while.