Fortnite 12.41 Update \u2013 Astronomical event, bug fixes, more Epic GamesEpic Games have released another new update for their popular battle royale title Fortnite, with the 12.41 patch now live on PC, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices. From a massive Fortnite x Travis Scott crossover event to an impending \u2018Infected\u2019 LTM, and a host of new weapons coming, there\u2019s plenty to look forward to in the battle royale in the next few weeks, with Epic Games confirming that they will be continuing to add new content throughout the remaining weeks of the now extended Chapter 2, Season 2. As always though, a number of bugs have appeared inside the game during the past week, and Epic Games have moved quickly to fix them as they prepare for a musical event unlike anything we\u2019ve seen in Fortnite before thanks to Travis Scott. Trav is Scott\u2019s Astronomical event Patch 12.41 may not be the biggest gamechanger, but there\u2019s still plenty arriving in the April 21 update. First and foremost, there\u2019s another crossover on the horizon for Epic\u2019s title in the form of Travis Scott\u2019s in-game track debut. Fortnite will combine with Cactus Jack in the Astronomical event, which is expected to be an \u201cother-worldly experience\u201d built from the ground up in-game. Unlike the similar Marshmello event, it will also have five showings. This mega-event will also boast a special skin depicting the Grammy-nominated rapper in the latest addition to the prestige Icon Series. Event-related rewards during the five shows between April 23-25 have also been confirmed. New \u201cArsenic\u201d Limited-Time Mode The mega-popular game mode which transcends titles, often dubbed \u2018Infection\u2019 by devs and players, looks like it\u2019s finally arriving in the Fortnite v12.41 patch. Inspired by classic Halo and Call of Duty playlists, it\u2019s sure to be a fan favorite. Fortnite data miner FortTory has already revealed the new \u201cArsenic\u201d playlist has been added to the game files. It also features new abilities not seen before in Fortnite, like \u201cGrowl,\u201d which could be for zombies, and \u201cDouble Jump.\u201d It is expected the new LTM will see infected players with unlimited lives and unique abilities \u2014 like the ones listed above \u2014 hunt down survivors. In these kinds of playlists, survivors are often armed with guns, while infected use melee attacks. While it has not been made active as of yet, players can expect to see it in the near future. Bug fixes As per usual, the Fortnite team have also added a number of bugs and issues to their official Trello board, with the developers confirming which issues have been solved by the 12.41 patch. General Midas\u2019 Golden Touch appearing in low resolution on weapon Wraps. – UI disappears if cancelling Ready Up while spectating. – Double-clicking item in the Chest tab may cause the game to crash. – Loading into \u201cMy Island\u201d in Creative mode may cause Fortnite to freeze. –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fortnite 12.41 Update \u2013 Astronomical event, bug fixes, more Epic GamesEpic Games have released another new update for their popular battle royale title Fortnite, with the 12.41 patch now live on PC, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices. From a massive Fortnite x Travis Scott crossover event to an impending \u2018Infected\u2019 LTM, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}