Watch the 'Fortnite' island get sucked into a black hole
It looks like Fortnite is over, folks. It was fun while it lasted.
Sunday marked the end of Fortnite Season 10, and at the moment, the end of Fortnite entirely. Nobody is able to log on right now.
Players who were logged in for the end of the season were treated to an in-game spectacle as they watched the battle island get ripped apart as rifts opened up all over the place, bombarding the map in various locations until one giant explosion forced everyone into the air to look at the island from way up in the sky. And then the whole map imploded.
You May Also Like
The whole thing was broadcast by a bunch of streamers, of course, but Fortnite also hosted a stream on its own YouTube channel from streamer DrLupo.
Here's what it looked like on streamer DanTDM's stream when players were launched into the air:
After that, a whole bunch of light started moving toward the center of the blast as players soared higher and higher, seeing the entire island below.
After a few moments, the entire reality of Fortnite collapsed into a black hole. Players and onlookers were equally confused. Nobody knew what to do. The only option was to exit the game and anyone who wasn't already in the game couldn't get in.
For those who were in the game's lobby, here's what the event looked like:
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
Now we'll have to wait and see what the next stage of Fortnite will bring. The only hint we have for the moment is a leak from earlier this week that seems to suggest we'll be entering Chapter 2 of Fortnite's life.
Fortnite fans aren't completely without things to do while the game is offline, however. Some, for example, have picked up on the fact that there are some numbers floating out in the black hole-y void where Fortnite Island used to be: 11, 146, 15, and 62. More numbers popped up some time later: 87, 14, 106, 2, and 150.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
The numbers were eventually matched to words in the Visitor's messages.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
Others have noticed that there's a minigame tucked away inside the Fortnite client. If you input the legendary Konami code at the black hole screen, you unlock a little surprise.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
It's not clear when (or if?) Fortnite will be coming back, but you may want to prepare for a bit of a wait. If the outage is meant to mask the game's transition to a new map, as some have suggested, it could be a day or more before we get our first glimpse at the next phase of Fortnite's life.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
UPDATE: Oct. 13, 2019, 4:59 p.m. EDT Added post-outage information regarding the mysterious numbers and the Konami code minigame.
UPDATE: Oct 14, 2019, 5:05 p.m. AEDT Added update regarding the decoded numbers.
With additional reporting by Adam Rosenberg and Caitlin Welsh
