GameTech: New shotgun fires up Fortnite 9

You can never tell what the future will hold. Except in the case of Fortnite, where it probably holds a shotgun, aimed at your face. Season 9 of the world’s most popular game has arrived, and it has brought the future with it.

Season 8 transformed Fortnite into a pirate haven, while also planting a volcano in the middle of the island. At the end of the season, the volcano erupted and transformed the island again. (As if Fortnite hasn’t blown up enough already — it has 250m registered users now). The result was a futuristic vision of Fortnite, complete with teleporting ‘slipstreams’ that can throw players across the island.