Epic Games delays the release of Fortnite's new season
Chapter 2, Season 3 of Fortnite was scheduled to be released in just two weeks, but the company said it would extend the current season instead.Epic Games would not say why the delay had occurred or if it was related to coronavirus restrictions that have forced developers to work from home.Each season brings updates and changes to the games to keep the players engaged.
"We have multiple game updates on the way that will deliver fresh gameplay, new challenges, bonus XP [experience points], and a couple more surprises up our sleeve," the company wrote. The first season of Chapter 2, launched in October 2019, lasted months longer than predicted as developers hit multiple delays.A new island was introduced in Season 2 Chapter 1 after Epic pulled the original game offline for several days
But despite the sometimes slow release of updates Fortnite has remained popular. Like other e-sports and online gaming, it has seen player numbers grow during the coronavirus lockdown. "A delay might impact [Fortnite's] viewership in the same way other popular games tend to plateau between updates, but it will ultimately persevere," said Doron Nir, co-founder of live streaming services provider StreamElements.Game developers can work from home but there are limitations. Most developers don't have the same processing and graphics power on their home computers that they would have at work.
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