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Fortnite update 6.0 patch notes – early details on the massive Season 6 release
FORTNITE'S 6.0 update has been released by Epic Games, with an early draft of an extended list of patch notes with extended downtime.
Ahead of the grand launch of Season 6 later today, Epic has teased significant changes that would include new additions, gameplay tweaks and performance issues. Here's all you need to know...
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What are the Fortnite 6.00 Patch notes?
According to the Fortnite Trello board, Epic Games is working on eliminating server and client hitches on Xbox One and PC.
Another key Battle Royale issue the developer is attempting to fix is for a misleading in-game message when using two-factor authentication.
The early Fortnite patch notes will also include several changes to the game's sound effects:
- More contrast between above/below steps.
- We want this to be easier to determine on the fly, especially while other sounds are playing (gunfire, harvesting, etc).
- More high-frequency audio content to improve your ability to pinpoint the location of steps and to prevent them from getting drowned out during intense combat.
- Glider audio tells
- Increased awareness when an enemy is gliding in your vicinity.
- Doppler-based glider audio for incoming threats. This will create that “car passing by” effect when a player glides over top of you.
- Improved spatialization of both skydiving and gliding players.
- Ability to hear the open/close sounds of gliders from further away.
With the full list of patch notes still to be officially released, Epic Games has teased fans with a glimpse into what to expect from the 6.0 update.
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What is Fortnite and does the video game have an age rating certificate?
Fortnite is an online video game set in a dystopian world where 98 per cent of Earth's population suddenly disappears.
Living conditions have become unbearable and zombie-like creatures roam the Earth in this sandbox game where players are among the remaining two per cent fighting for survival.
After the apocalypse, "survivor bases" were set-up and each player is in charge of looking after these bases before trying to find a way to return Earth to normal.
Fortnite, certified for those aged 12 and over, also includes a mode called Battle Royale in which 100 online players are put in a battlefield to fight until death - when just one player remains.
How many children play Fortnite and why are their parents worried?
While there is no exact figure on how many children play the game, data collected up to late January showed 45million people playing Fortnite across PC, Xbox One and PS4.
Many parents are concerned about the harmful effects that the long playing duration and violent content is having on their children.
A thread on forum site summed up concerns with one parent saying the game "promotes strategic thinking" but their child has started to "slam doors when he used to be pretty laid back".
In a This Morning asking if parents were worried about the effect the game had on their children, 59 per cent voted no as opposed to 41 per cent who said yes.
What is Fortnite?
- Fortnite: Battle Royale is a version of Fortnite, a video game released by Epic Games in July 2017
- The online game is set in a post-apocalyptic world, based around a battle for survival
- Fortnite offers two distinct modes: player versus environment 'Save the World' and the more recent player versus player game Battle Royale
- The game starts with 100 players leaping out of a plane on to a small island, fighting each other until no one is left
- Fortnite has proved a massive hit with more than 3million kids
- The game is free and kids can team up with a friend, a group of friends or compete as a duo or squad
- Matches can last up to 20 minutes
- Though it's a multiplayer shooter, no graphic violence is depicted
What's the latest in the world of Fortnite?
How has Fortnite turned some players into celebrities?
Fortnite is one of, if not the most popular game streamed live on social media platform Twitch, according to stats from .
Tens of thousands of viewers log on to watch superstar players like Tyler "Ninja" Blevins play, .
Tyler is reported to make hundreds of thousands of dollars a month from his 100,000 Twitch subscribers.
Rapper Drake plays survival video game Fortnite with Ninja and Travis Scott
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