It has been announced that the “Save The World” “free” portion of Fortnite has been delayed until next year. Epic went on record stating that the Save the Works campaign would be free in 2018 but that is no longer the case. Here is what they had to say regarding this news:
?We decided to move the free-to-play launch of Save the World out of this year. We?re working on a broad set of features, reworks, and backend system scaling we believe are needed to go free-to-play. Save the World has grown consistently since our launch in July 2017 and Fortnite overall has experienced unprecedented growth. Scaling up for the legions of player heroes who will be joining the fight is key to providing an excellent experience. This applies to all of our players, old and new, so we?re taking the time to get this right.? ?To thank our founders, both new and old, if you log in and play during the Fortnitemares Event, you?ll receive both Brainiac Jonesy and Skull Ranger Ramirez for free!?
?For those of you who want to start playing right now, we?ve got you. Starting this week, we?ll be hosting a 50% off sale for the Standard, Deluxe, Super Deluxe and Limited Founder?s packs.?
I still haven’t played that portion of the game as I have been addicted to the Battle Royale mode for quite some time. My kiddos and I are loving playing across each platform and are very happy that Sony decided to play nice and let everyone play.
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