Fortnite announcement at The Game Awards is not "Season 7 launch", possibly an in-game event
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Geoff Keighley said yesterday in a Q&A livestream that Fortnite would be receiving some important news at The Game Awards, but today the official announcement was released - including some details on what it might be.
There's a few things that might be announced here - considering that it is being advertised as one of the many "World Premieres" that will be happening at the event, we could see the announcement of a new feature such as weapon skins, or - with guessing based off of his tweet - an in-game event.
Thursday during #TheGameAwards don't miss a @fortnitegame announcement and world premiere from Epic's @DonaldMustard, streaming live at 9 PM ET / 6 PM PT everywhere. And oh yeah, keep your game close. #WorldsWillChange pic.twitter.com/hh7VQNpLD1
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) December 3, 2018
The tweet says "announcement and world premiere" which means we might be getting two pieces of news - but that's just assuming based off of wording, which I shouldn't really be doing.
However, this tease might indicate that we'll see an in-game event happen. Whether it'll be real-time or leaving and rejoining like the Floating Island's movement, we'll have to see.
Geoff says in the tweet "keep your game close", so something should be happening in-game during The Game Awards on December 6, 2018 - the same day that Season 6 is scheduled to end.
However, Nick Chester, Senior PR for Fortnite, insists that the announcement has nothing to do with Season 7's launch - which further begs the question if we're seeing an in-game event instead.
I can't stress enough how much we have going on this week. Geoff isn't talking about Season 7 launch here. Tune in! https://t.co/K2gwZoizqa
— Nick “Unusual Spending” Chester (@nickchester) December 3, 2018
Donald Mustard, Creative Director for Fortnite, had this to say.
Very excited for #TheGameAwards https://t.co/lF4IRdwwlp
— Donald Mustard (@DonaldMustard) December 3, 2018
We'll keep you updated if any more news arises regarding Fortnite's appearance at The Game Awards.
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