Fortnite Chapter 6 has finally arrived, and it brings players a fresh, new Japanese-themed island called Oninoshima, where players will become Ronin and battle demons roaming the island. The current Chapter 6 Season 1: Demon Hunters adds several new elements to Fortnite that have never been seen before and drastically changes the gameplay.
Whether it’s shifting the weapons meta from modded guns to deadly Katanas, players have much more to do this season, rather than simply cranking 90s or defeating bosses. The map has also undergone numerous changes as five new biomes have taken over the island, where you’ll also see giant bosses like Godzilla roaming the area.
However, this season, Epic has also drastically changed its Battle Pass system and adjusted its pricing, which is crucial to know before you jump into Chapter 6. Here’s all the info on the new Battle Pass system.
Fortnite made a huge announcement in October 2024 that the game will now have a unified progression system along all the passes in the game, including Battle Royale Battle Pass, Lego Pass, and Music Pass (earlier known as Festival Pass). According to them, by December 1, all passes in Fortnite will progress simultaneously by earning XP from playing any experience.
Similar to how the Battle Pass works, Music and Lego Passes released after December 1 will change to one track with both free and premium rewards.
As you progress through pass tiers with XP, you’ll be able to claim rewards on the unlocked pages of each active pass you have. Rewards may be claimed in non-sequential order on all passes, in the same way that you can with the Battle Pass now. You’ll also be able to set each pass to auto-claim the next reward when it becomes available to you.
Furthermore, Battle Stars and Studs in Lego mode will retire starting December 1, which means players will unlock rewards as they progress, just like they did in earlier seasons.
Fortnite also revealed that, with the significant changes to the Battle Pass and progression system, the Fortnite Crew subscription is expanding and giving more than ever before.
A Fortnite Crew subscription presently costs $11.99 a month and includes the Battle Royale Battle Pass, 1,000 V-bucks, monthly Crew Pack clothes, and other bonuses such as Crew Pack outfit styles and Rocket League’s Rocket Pass Premium.
Beginning December 1, Fortnite Crew will include the Music Pass and Lego Pass at no additional cost. As an active Fortnite Crew subscriber, you’ll be able to collect premium benefits from all Fortnite passes beginning December 1, and playing any experience will progress all of them at the same time, providing a plethora of goodies as you earn XP.
Furthermore, any new passes released in the game will be added to your Fortnite Crew membership, including the OG Pass that comes with the new game mode.
A Fortnite Crew membership now works as follows: When a new Battle Royale Battle Pass becomes available, you may unlock and collect premium benefits from the pass for as long as it is active, even if you unsubscribe from Crew.
Premium Battle Pass awards will only be accessible to new subscribers beginning December 1 at 5 a.m. GMT/UTC if their Fortnite Crew subscriptions are active. This means that if you cancel Crew, you will only be able to receive premium benefits from the Battle Pass until the end of your current paying cycle, not the whole term of the pass.
On December 1, players will see a shift in the pricing of the Battle Royale Battle Pass, with an increase of 50 V-Bucks, raising the cost from 950 to 1,000 V-Bucks. The cost of V-Bucks in real money will stay unchanged, and players can continue to earn V-Bucks by progressing through the Battle Pass levels.
The 25 Battle Pass Reward Bundle is now priced at 1,800 V-Bucks, a slight reduction from the previous 1,850. Additionally, players can grab the Battle Bundle, which includes both the Battle Pass and 25 Battle Pass rewards, for 2,800 V-Bucks.
While these are some of the major changes arriving with Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 1, check on the official countdown, leaks, and what the pass looks like right here.
The Call of Duty franchise has held a special place in my heart ever since I played my first Black Ops game back in 2010. That game's campaign was something else, with twists and turns that culminated in a mind-blowing finale. We can all admit that compared to those older campaigns, the recent CODs have been lackluster at best, and a complete and utter disappointment at worst. The reboot of Modern Warfare did give me some hope, as the first two installments were actually quite good, but the third game left such a bad taste in my mouth that I wasn’t exactly expecting much from Modern Warfare 4.
After recently finishing the campaign, I can say that this installment is nothing like the recent releases and instead feels closer to the franchise’s roots. For the first time in a long while, the campaign comes across as well-crafted rather than rushed to hit a release date. It arrives three years after MW3, and you can see exactly where all that time went. It seems the studio finally made listening to player feedback a priority.
Epic Games has just announced the 2026 Epic AI MegaJam, which is looking to see how much game development can be squeezed into a very short window. This is running from November 12 through November 15.
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It’s turning into a pretty good time to be a Monster Hunter fan who plays on a phone. Capcom has confirmed that Monster Hunter Outlanders will launch on Android and iOS on October 29, giving the series a new mobile-first game just as Monster Hunter Rise is also preparing to make the jump to smartphones through Netflix.
Outlanders is being developed by Tencent subsidiary TiMi Studio Group under license and supervision from Capcom. Unlike Rise, which appears to be the full console and PC game adapted for mobile, Outlanders is a free-to-play survival hunting game made specifically for phones.