This time last year, Fortnite saw its highest player count ever as nostalgic gamers returned to the Battle Royale for the mini-OG season, which brought back the original Chapter 1 island. Right now, Epic Games is looking to replicate that success with Chapter 2 Remix, another mini-season featuring content from some of the best seasons of the era. However, according to two prominent speakers, classic Fortnite Chapter 1 content will soon return in a big way – and this time it will be for the long haul.

With Call of Duty Warzone planning to bring back the original Verdansk map next year, the new season of Apex Legends taking players back to how things were in Season 1, and Fortnite’s recent return to Chapters 1 and 2, you can see that nostalgia is a valuable gift. merchandise in the best Battle Royale games. However, if the rumors now turn out to be true (and given the track records of the leaking players, it’s very likely), Fortnite will give some of its first players a long-term reason to return to the game.

Both ‘Hypex’ and ‘ShiinaBR’ have learned from anonymous sources that all ten seasons of Fortnite Chapter 1 will be returning to the game and will support both the regular experience and Zero Build. The leakers claim it will have a “completely OG loot pool” that only includes weapons from those seasons.

Each individual season of Chapter 1 returns monthly, so you have a month to play Chapter 1, Season 1, a month of Chapter 2, Season 2, and so on. This is also believed to include any map changes, new weapons, and other content that those seasons introduced.

The pair also claim this could be revealed during The Game Awards, which airs on Thursday, December 12. However, Hypex also says that it could be announced during “The Finale,” which presumably means the finale of the current Chapter 2 Remix. season. This will be completed on Saturday, November 30.

The rollout of Fortnite Chapter 1 seasons is expected to begin in December itself, so if these reports are true, you might be replaying Fortnite’s earliest season before the end of the year.

Even with established laymen like Hypex and ShiinaBR, rumors should always be taken with a grain of salt – Hypex says the pair can “verify most of it,” but there’s always room for things to change or information that is broad. marking. However, neither would be bold enough to leak this without a strong degree of trust – if it’s wrong, they’ll have a lot of disappointed Fortnite fans to answer to.

I have to admit that the recent nostalgia obsession with some major multiplayer games is starting to worry me a little – I’m excited by these brief moments where we can relive the golden eras of these games, but when old content is at all costs being repurposed from creating truly original new experiences certainly makes me uncomfortable. This full revival of Chapter 1 is being touted as a permanent part of Fortnite, so it should exist as its own entity in the game, which I’m more than happy with.

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