Fortnite Battle Royale Is Getting Jetpacks Soon

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Fortnite Battle Royale is about to get even crazier, and even more vertical. Many of you have been having issues logging on to play Fornite this afternoon, but when you do finally make it online, you may notice a new update info prompt. Click that sucker, and you'll be treated to this tasty little nugget of news: Jetpacks are on the way!

That's right, my friends, Fortnite Battle Royale is getting jetpacks. What you see in the update window there is all of the information that we have. We know that it's going to probably cost an arm and a leg in v-bucks, but we don't know exactly when it will be available or what exactly it will do. Will this change the meta in a huge way, or will this be mainly cosmetic?

It's very possible that the jetpack will more of an aesthetic upgrade. It could be that when you jump out of the party bus, instead of leaving behind a glowing or flaming trail behind you, a jetpack will appear during your ascent until you whip our the glider. This would make a lot of sense, and it wouldn't require a bunch of balancing tweaks. Since this is an item that some people will be willing to pay for, and others won't, we're assuming that it would offer any gameplay advantages at all.



In the meantime, you guys still have a ton of new stuff and quality of life upgrades to get used to. The Season 3 update went live recently, and with it came so many changes. You can find our full Season 3 update wrap-up right here!

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TuskPosted:

I love how this game keeps changing but I don't like futuristic games. At least an option to play a game with no jet pack!

JxssePosted:

Great game, hope the Jetpack is cosmetic. Not sure how an actual Jetpack would work in this game.

kittyderpyPosted:

I love this game. Jetpacks sound like a terrible idea for it though.

taghashPosted:

TheTechGang Never played this game. Now this makes it to not want to play it even more. This game is going to go down fast I think
this game is getting even more popular each day and it's showing no signs of going down hill.

LGWPosted:

TheTechGang Never played this game. Now this makes it to not want to play it even more. This game is going to go down fast I think


Loooool, going to go down fast? smh. It's the one of the most popular games of the last 6 months and is still growing and will continue to do so.

FibrilPosted:

It better be cosmetic. I hardly ever play this game as is, if they make this some flying around BS I'll never touch it again xD

MazePosted:

FourStar Man do these people even read the news post properly, it's talking about it being cosmetic... So no you it won't be good for escaping the storm or shoot whilst jetpacking.

They can't add something that you have to buy that will give you an advantage in the game, if you have to purchase it then it will be cosmetic. If it's an item you can get in game then it wont cost anything.


Wow they are clearly trying to get more news comments lmao(Mike spams a lot)
I, for one, was super worried when I read the title, but the jetpack looks really cool and if it has no advantages then that's great for me

FourStarPosted:

Man do these people even read the news post properly, it's talking about it being cosmetic... So no you it won't be good for escaping the storm or shoot whilst jetpacking.

They can't add something that you have to buy that will give you an advantage in the game, if you have to purchase it then it will be cosmetic. If it's an item you can get in game then it wont cost anything.

MikePosted:

Eh this will be good for escaping the storm

ZydrinPosted:

Oh Lordy. Here come the cry babies crying about the jet pack like they did with CoD.


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