'Fortnite' players left staring at black hole for hours after game goes offline
Epic Games sent Fortnite fans into panic following the conclusion of its tenth season on Sunday. While many believed a teaser, trailer or something involving the new season would launch following the conclusion, players were instead left staring at a black hole.
As of Monday morning, the game still is still gone with an ominous-looking black hole taking its place.
Where the hell did Fortnite go?
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During the season’s conclusion, Fortnite streamed a live event titled “The End.” During which, the game’s entire universe was sucked into a black hole.
You can watch the world of Fortnite end in the video below.
The fact that the game still has not returned as left quite a few players on edge. Meanwhile, Fortnite erased its Twitch account, updated its Instagram with (of course) black hole pictures and deleted every tweet with the exception of the one, which just so happens to be a livestream of the game.
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) October 13, 2019
Some players have resorted to using their newfound free time to decipher a series of random numbers floating around the black hole image.
WTF pic.twitter.com/qViwssF78R
— Lawrence? (@LawyFN) October 13, 2019
In order to help endure the endless hours of awaiting the games return, fans have turned to the one thing that consoles them most: memes.
I’m meh on Fortnite but when you bring a number puzzle into the mix I’m like: (cc @MayaKaczorowski) https://t.co/0X6fhrvnVZ pic.twitter.com/tVX1bZbzlm
— Whitney Merrill (@wbm312) October 13, 2019
#Fortnite players 2 min after the map got sucked into a black hole pic.twitter.com/OMxTJ0PnMX
— The Walking Dead (@TheWalkingDead) October 13, 2019
kids around the world going outside when #Fortnite ended pic.twitter.com/FwRUHHKSBk
— Brandon Davis (@BrandonDavisBD) October 13, 2019
There’s really some kid out there thinking Fortnite is never coming back. ?
Little dude is out there counting up V-Buck receipts thinking, “What have I done?” pic.twitter.com/iFeDWlb4dO
— Jordan Payton (@LEGIQN) October 13, 2019
The Simpsons predicted Fortnite Season 11 ? #Fortnite pic.twitter.com/2TPF0DeXwU
— ProHenis (@ProHenis) October 13, 2019
Leak: 5 Hours of the black hole really got me wildin now… #Fortnite pic.twitter.com/tN80e5ZhAx
— Lufflur (@Lufflurr) October 13, 2019
Don’t mind me #Fortnite pic.twitter.com/ehS4P224cv
— Brandon Davis (@BrandonDavisBD) October 13, 2019
#Fortnite
Hole: *Sound*
Everyone: pic.twitter.com/ks7hwGKNHR— Mio (@Mio28543643) October 13, 2019
Everybody when the number 69 showed up #Fortnite pic.twitter.com/uehuJA2IEb
— Christian Rennick (@ChristianRenni7) October 13, 2019
Everyone: wow this Fortnite marketing is ON POINT.
THE SUSPENSE. MAGNIFICENT.
This team has it all figured out.
Dev team actually just scrambling to finish the new map: pic.twitter.com/aHOvSn5r5K
— DiegoContra (@TheDiegoContra) October 13, 2019
You can view the livestream of Fortnite‘s black hole below.
For those who are tired of viewing the black hole screen, there is a secret mini-game you can play in the meantime.
Simply enter the infamous Konami Code below and you’ll begin playing a space invaders game involving a slice of pizza.
Konami Code:
↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A START (enter)
Is this simply a genius method of marketing put on by Epic Games? Or is there something deeper going on behind the black hole? Sound off your Fortnite theories in the comments below!
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