Epic Video games has introduced that Fortnite Competition season 3 will function pop star Billie Eilish.
Beginning as we speak (April 23) by means of to June 13, the award-winning singer can be taking the stage within the newest season alongside new outfits, devices, emotes, Jam Tracks, and extra objects themed after the artist, a few of which will be earned by finishing this season’s Competition Quests.
Whereas there’s a free reward observe, gamers also can improve to the Premium Reward Observe which is able to unlock an additional layer of rewards to be earned, in addition to the Inexperienced Roots Billie Outfit, which can be obtained robotically upon buy.
With the launch of Season 3, Epic Video games has additionally made Rock Band 4 guitar controllers absolutely suitable with the sport mode’s new music elements – Professional Lead and Professional Bass – on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, and will be accessed on the Fundamental Stage. This additionally consists of the recently-launched PDP Riffmaster.
You’ll be able to head over to the official weblog publish to see whether or not your controller will be supported this season.
There are additionally a bunch of quality-of-life enhancements which were made to the sport mode, which you’ll learn in full beneath.
Fortnite Competition Season 3 patch notes
Enchancment and Fixes:
Professional Lead and Professional Bass
- Added two new music elements: Professional Lead and Professional Bass! All present and future Jam Tracks now have these two playable music elements, accessible on the Fundamental Stage with a guitar controller.
- Professional Lead and Professional Bass have hammer-on and pull-off notes. When you may have a streak going, you possibly can hit these notes with out strumming!
- Professional Lead and Professional Bass have coloured notes for every lane, corresponding with the guitar controller’s buttons.
- Leaderboards now have new listings to help Professional Lead and Professional Bass scores. Climb to the highest!
- To help the discharge of Professional Lead and Professional Bass, we’ve up to date the Overdrive colour for all music elements from vibrant orange to silver-white. The way you collect and activate Overdrive hasn’t modified, however we felt with the added be aware colours that Overdrive wanted to look extra distinct.
- For now, the whammy bar solely gives a visible impact. There isn’t any audio distortion or additional Overdrive power when whammying.
- We’re persevering with to enhance the texture of enjoying with a guitar controller and wish your suggestions! For rhythm-rocking veterans, there could also be conditions the place you miss a be aware you’d anticipated to hit, or the place a well-known Jam Observe feels totally different. Tell us your ideas as you don the axe in Fortnite Competition. We’re excited to see you shred!
Tuning Up
- The Music Library now reveals an expanded set of stats, exhibiting your chosen Instrument sort’s greatest efficiency in every Jam Observe row.
- The Music Library is now additionally ordered with new and featured Jam Tracks on the high by default (this may be re-sorted), permitting gamers with massive libraries to simply entry Quest-relevant Jam Tracks.
- New Wristband Quests and rewards have been added.
- Season 2 leaderboard scores have been recorded and archived. The leaderboards await your new high performances with Season 3!
- For extra handy music choice, you will be nearer to the organ whenever you arrive Backstage. No extra sprinting to make your setlist!
- There are extra stats on the Outcomes display after every efficiency. Now you can see the share of notes hit and missed and the typical out of your different performances to see the way you’ve improved.
- We’ve reordered the music elements choice menu to Vocals > Bass > Lead > Drums.
- We fastened a bug that was granting a “Double Overdrive” meter throughout sure be aware sections.
- Made numerous different fixes and enhancements.
