Will Fortnite’s Return to the Old Map Be the Key to Dominating the Gaming Scene Once Again?

Epic Games is looking to reclaim its throne once again with the upcoming Fortnite season update. While the action shooter is one of the most played games in the world, its popularity has decreased considerably in recent years. Over the past few weeks, the devs have been sending out cryptic packages to Fortnite players, streamers, and content creators. While the purpose of these packages is entirely unveiled, many believe the devs have indicated that an old fan-favorite map is set to return with Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 5 this November.

While the community is convinced that the “OG” Chapter 1 map is coming back, fans are excited to see what the new update has to offer. With the old favorite map returning, the community believes the older Fortnite players will once again get back on the game in the coming days.

The community expects to see Fortnite become a dominant name once again

Epic Games‘ Fortnite was released in 2017. Since then, this free-to-play game has become one of the most notable releases from the devs. In 2018, Fortnite was on top of the gaming scene with 78 million daily players. As staggering as this number is, it fell quite a lot during Covid. The tumultuous times made Fortnite take a step back and be overshadowed by other releases. Fortnite tournaments were also plagued by cheaters who smeared the community with a negative reputation around the world.

However, Epic Games is focused on turning the tides and getting things rolling once again. With their latest gift to Fortnite players, the devs hinted that the OG Chapter 1 map will be coming back to the game in the next update. Fans speculate a rollercoaster ride ahead as it seems like the upcoming Season will be featuring all the maps that appeared in Chapter 1. This means that all the content that the six seasons had in Chapter 1 will be crammed into one season in Chapter 4.

While there might be a lot to take in, fans are excited nonetheless. The OG map understandably brings back a lot of memories for the long-time fans who contributed significantly to the growth of the game in the early days. With that, the community expects to see a resurgence in player numbers in the coming weeks.

The new map also comes at a cost

While fans were excited about getting back to the OG map, they soon learned that they would have to make a few sacrifices to do so. The OG map will do away with many features that have been added to Fortnite in recent updates. So expect no sliding to gain that extra speed boost that you’ve been using to catch your enemies off guard.

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Instead, fall back to pure skills that used to save your skin in those early days. For Fortnite players, we’d assume that’s something that would bring more smiles than frowns. Tell us what are you looking forward to the most in the upcoming update in the comments section.

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