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Competitive crew! Thanks again to those who competed in or watched the Chapter 2 Season 5 FNCS!

Chapter 2 Season 6 (v16.00) is arriving soon: downtime for the patch will begin at 12:00 AM ET (04:00 UTC).

Here’s some info to know:

• During downtime, patch rollout times will vary per platform, but downtime for ALL platforms will end at the same time.
• With the launch of the new Season, please note that patch sizes will be larger than normal on all platforms.

We'll see you all in Season 6. 👍

Let's take it ourselves.

Chapter 2 Season 6 (v16.00) is arriving soon: downtime for the patch will begin at 12:00 AM ET (04:00 UTC).

Here’s some info to know:

• During downtime, patch rollout times will vary per platform, but downtime for ALL platforms will end at the same time.
• With the launch of the new Season, please note that patch sizes will be larger than normal on all platforms.

See you in Season 6. ⛏

Upon further review, it's clear that we lacked clarity around our intentional disconnect rule. Our goal is to prevent players from denying shakedown information by intentionally disconnecting from the game in a DBNO state. This conduct is not within the spirit of the competition.

Because of this earlier lack of clarity, and a large scale of pending infractions, players who broke this rule in the FNCS Qualifiers will now only receive a warning and not a warning + DQ. Heat assignments will be updated.

Starting this Friday, players who intentionally disconnect in a DBNO state will receive a warning + DQ if this is their first offense. Second time offenders will receive a DQ + two-week ban.

Moving forward, we are working towards an in-game solution that would prevent players from breaking this rule intentionally or not. Additionally, this rule and others will be more clearly defined in the official rules for next season's competitive events.

Commanders,

Downtime for v15.50 has ended and we’re back with more news from Major Oswald.

Read the news from the Major’s desk, as well as what’s coming to Save the World in the near future, in our latest Homebase Report!

Thank you.

Creators,

Downtime has ended and v15.50 is live, bringing new Island sizes and localized Featured Creative Hub support!

For more information, visit our Creative v15.50 Update post.

Thank you!

We’re back from v15.50 downtime!

We thank everyone who competed in and tuned into the FNCS Qualifiers these past few weeks. Next up is the FNCS Semi-Finals, running from March 5 to March 7! For how Semi-Finals seeding will work (as well as a look ahead at Chapter 2 Season 6 FNCS), check out our recent blog post.

And for the known issues addressed by the v15.50 update, give our Trello board a visit ...

Hey, all! Downtime has ended for the v15.50 update.

v15.50 brings this week’s unvaulted item: the Rapid Fire SMG. Take this swift-shooting weapon with you on the hunt!

Also, for the known issues addressed by v15.50, head over to our Trello board here.

Thank you.

Hey, everyone! Downtime has ended for the v15.50 update.

v15.50 brings this week’s unvaulted item: the Rapid Fire SMG. Take this swift-shooting weapon with you on the hunt!

Also, for the known issues addressed by v15.50, head over to our Trello board here.

Thank you.

This seems to be linked to GeForce Now, we are investigating this issue.

Did you have Performance Mode enabled before the update?

We're not seeing this issue on our end, could try restarting your game?

Commanders,

We've begun to disable services in preparation for v15.50. Players currently in a session can continue to play until downtime starts at approx. 4 AM ET (09:00 UTC).

We’ll update you with a new thread when downtime has ended and services are back up.

Creators,

We've begun to disable services in preparation for v15.50. Players currently in a session can continue to play until downtime starts at approx. 4 AM ET (09:00 UTC).

We’ll post a new thread when downtime has ended and services are back up.

Hey, Champions,

We've begun to disable services in preparation for v15.50. If you’re currently in a session, you can continue to play until downtime starts at approx. 4 AM ET (09:00 UTC).

We’ll let you know with a new thread when downtime has ended and services are back up.

Hey, all,

We've begun to disable services in preparation for v15.50. If you’re currently in a session, you can continue to play until downtime starts at approx. 4 AM ET (09:00 UTC).

We’ll let you know with a new thread when downtime has ended and services are back up.

Hey, everyone,

We've begun to disable services in preparation for v15.50. If you’re currently in a session, you can continue to play until downtime starts at approx. 4 AM ET (09:00 UTC).

We’ll let you know with a new thread when downtime has ended and services are back up.

Commanders,

Update v15.50 is scheduled for release on March 2. Downtime will begin at approximately 4 AM ET (09:00 UTC). You can follow along on @FortniteStatus.

Be on the lookout for the Homebase Status Report!

Thank you

A new update rapidly approaches, /r/FortNiteBR !

v15.50 is scheduled for release on March 2. Downtime will begin at approximately 4 AM ET (09:00 UTC). You can follow along on @FortniteStatus.

v15.50 brings:

🔫 The Hand Cannon heads back to the vault, while another item returns. Spread the news!

🏝️ New Island size in Creative & localized Featured Creative Hub support!

A new update rapidly approaches. v15.50 is scheduled for release on March 2. Downtime will begin at approx. 4 AM ET (09:00 UTC).

v15.50 brings:

🔫 The Hand Cannon heads back to the vault, while another item returns. Spread the news!

🏝️ New Island size in Creative & localized Featured Creative Hub support!

Fortnite Creators,

A new update rapidly approaches. v15.50 is scheduled for release on March 2. Downtime will begin at approx. 4 AM ET (09:00 UTC).

v15.50 brings: 🏝️ New Island size in Creative & localized Featured Creative Hub support!