Rumours of a new island for Fortnite, where there's no combat, have been proven true, and the mode is already live today.
Fortnite has got a new map, but it's not a replacement for the regular one, instead it's a separate island where you're not allowed to fight.
The map's a smaller version of the normal battle royale island, with areas for mini-games where you can take part in the likes of vehicle races, football games, and glider challenges.
There's also a hub area in the middle, filled with phone boxes where you can change skins. This will probably also be used for promotion events like the recent Travis Scott concert, the success of which underlines why a map without any combat makes a lot of sense.
At the moment Epic Games isn't doing much to promote the mode and hasn't even mentioned in its various blog updates today, but it is available in Battle Royale as an option if you look for it.
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At first the details were only leaked by dataminers, before a letter sent to influencers was posted online – with a brief description of how Epic expect the island to work.
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Epic describe Party Royale as an 'experimental and evolving space' and reveal they have unspecified 'tests' due to run this Friday, 1 May, at 2pm BST.
Once those tests are complete we may see Epic start to promote Party Royale more vigorously, and it now seem only a matter of time before it gets another new celeb or tie-in event.
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