Fortnite loved its greatest 24-hour interval in historical past over the weekend, because of its Fortnite OG occasion.
In response to a tweet posted on the sport’s official Twitter account, the sport noticed report participant counts on Saturday, November 4.
“Strategy to begin issues off with an enormous bang,” reads the tweet, which was posted on Sunday. “We’re blown away by the response to Fortnite OG.
“Yesterday was the most important day in Fortnite’s historical past with over 44.7 million gamers leaping in and 102 million hours of play. To all Fortnite gamers, OG and new, thanks!”
In response to third-partner Fortnite tracker Fortnite.GG, the sport hit its all-time peak concurrent gamers throughout this era, with a peak of 6,172,463 folks taking part in the sport on the identical time at one level.
Initially launched on November 3 and working till December 2, the month-long Fortnite OG season guarantees to take followers of Epic‘s battle royale on a visit down reminiscence lane.
The Fortnite map has reverted to the Chapter 1 island, which means gamers will be capable to battle it out throughout returning factors of curiosity together with Tilted Towers, Dangerous Reels, Greasy Grove and Loot Lake.
“All through Fortnite OG, every main replace will convey a unique section of Battle Royale’s previous, beginning with Chapter 1 Season 5,” Epic mentioned in a weblog publish final week.
“Which means Buying Carts, ATKs, the Assault Rifle, Pump Shotgun, and extra in each Battle Royale and Zero Construct.”
Returning gamers could also be in for a slight shock, nonetheless, as a result of final month the value of Fortnite V-Bucks was elevated in quite a few areas, together with the US (and different nations that use USD in Fortnite) and all Eurozone nations.
