Last night’s Fortnite live event, The Device, was a predictably explosive end to the game’s current season – whether you were in-game or watching online due to its server capacity issues. But, perhaps more importantly, it was also a major staging ground for the game’s immediate and longterm future.
Fortnite’s storm is gone, a new curtain of water now menaces the island instead, and Fortnite’s story has suddenly gotten a lot more complicated, as players were briefly allowed outside of its reality-bending simulation for the first time.
Let’s recap the event, including its Easter eggs, and then delve into what it all may mean.
In the lead up to last night, island spy boss Midas was shown preparing his storm-defeating device with help from an unnamed character – a woman with tattoos who also appears on a photograph in his room. This character, dubbed the Engineer, is expected to become one of next season’s skins.