Fortnite reportedly switching to Unreal Engine 5 with Season 9

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Fortnite will reportedly switch to Unreal Engine 5 with th🐟e arrival of Season 9.

The claim comes from Hypex, a known Fortnite leaker and dataminer. In a message shared on Twitter, Hypex claimed that Fortnite would be transferring to ꦛrun on the new-gen Unreal Engine 5 at some point during Season 9, as the previously-planned Season ♔8 switch has been delayed.

that it would first be launching Fortnite on the forthcoming PS5, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox Series X, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox Series S consoles later in the year, ꧑before turning its attention to porting the game to Unreal Engine 5. 

At the🌳 time, Epic rꦰevealed that it was aiming to bring Fortnite to Unreal Engine 5 in "mid-2021." However, this no longer appears to be the case, as we're now counting down the days until September, meaning Fortnite's switch to the new engine might have been delayed twice now, if the report from Hypex is accurate.

If the claim does prove to be true, we'll still be waiting a fair few months for Fortnite's big engine change. Right now, we're in the midst of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Fortnite Season 7, and Epic hasn't even revealed the release date for Season 8 yet. Considering Fortnite's seasonal events can last upwards o𒅌f three months, the switch to Unreal Engine 5 might not ev🎀en come about until 2022.

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