Fortnite v8.40 release date and time announced \u2013 what to expect Epic Games have announced the release date and time for the v8.40 update in Fortnite Battle Royale, and we\u2019re here to make sure you\u2019re kept up-to-date on everything there is to know. With Season 8 of Fortnite around its halfway point, Epic are releasing what will be the fourth major game update of the season, expected to be filled with numerous changes and new content. Below you can find everything we know so far about the v8.40 update, including the release date and time, details on downtime, any confirmed info, and more. When does v8.40 go live? The v8.40 update in Fortnite will go live on Wednesday, April 17 at 2 AM PT \/ 5 AM ET \/ 10 AM GMT. Since this is an actual patch and not just a Content Update, there will be downtime for it, which means matchmaking should be disabled 20-25 minutes prior. Hit your mark! :dart: Downtime for the v8.40 update starts tomorrow, April 17 at 5AM ET(0900 UTC). \u2014 Fortnite (@FortniteGame) April 16, 2019 v8.40 confirmed additions and changes As is the case every week, we won\u2019t know everything that\u2019s coming in the v8.40 update until the patch notes are released, which usually happens around when the downtime begins. However, just hours before the update\u2019s scheduled release, Epic revealed that brand new Epic and Legendary variants of the Infantry Rifle will be added to the game. Cosmetically, the weapon looks considerably different from the three variants that already exist in the game, and we will just have to wait and see how potent the weapons\u2019 stats are. What to expect in v8.40 Even though pretty much nothing else about v8.40 has been revealed so far, that doesn\u2019t mean we can\u2019t speculate as to its contents. Below, you can find details about what we expect to see in this mysterious patch. \u201cHit your mark!\u201d When Epic announce the release date and time for Fortnite updates, they usually include some sort of witty clue about a major aspect of that week\u2019s patch. This week\u2019s announcement tweet includes the line \u201cHit your mark\u201d with the \u2018direct hit\u2019 emote, which is either about the new Infantry Rifle variants or perhaps some sort of substantial upgrade to the Boom Bow. Map changes One thing that players can most expect from the v8.40 update is that there will be some sort of noticeable changes made to the map. Over the past few weeks, mysterious digging and excavation sites have appeared near and in points-of-interest, most notably Dusty Divot and Loot Lake, so we could see more of that in this week\u2019s update. New cosmetic items As has been the case for most weekly updates, the v8.40 patch should see some new outfit skins, back-blings, emotes, pickaxes, and other cosmetic items added to the game files for future release. If that does end up being the case, then data-miners will likely look for, find, and leak them shortly after the update goes live, so players should definitely be on the lookout for that. Make sure to check back here once the v8.,40 update goes live as we will provide the full patch notes, breakdown of any changes, all leaked content, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fortnite v8.40 release date and time announced \u2013 what to expect Epic Games have announced the release date and time for the v8.40 update in Fortnite Battle Royale, and we\u2019re here to make sure you\u2019re kept up-to-date on everything there is to know. With Season 8 of Fortnite around its halfway point, Epic are releasing […]<\/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-74797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74797","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=74797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}