One of the staples of Fortnite is that the game has special events that happen every year, providing opportunities to celebrate the season and any holidays that happen during them. Whether it be Fortnitemares, Winterfest, or the Summer event, players can come back each year to experience these unique festivals inside the battle royale.
It’s nearing the middle of summer and many fans and popular content creators have been speculating about when and what the Summer event will be this year. There have been a few mentions in the files or through other leaks, and now a file in the game points to a new POI near the Sanctuary statue. The file was found and then posted on Twitter, showing what the new location will look like on the map.
The image file has the word ‘Summer’ in it and it looks to be some form of a rectangle located in the western part of the Sanctuary ocean. There also appear to be slightly smaller platforms to the west and south of the bigger one. Outside of this one look at the map, no one is sure what the new POI could be. However, a leak from a few days ago may point to the new location on the map.
There have been rumors since last month that Epic was working on new skating mechanics. Players will soon get the ability to use skateboards to get around the island and pull off some wild moves while they’re at it. Another leak from a few days ago points to how skating might be connected to the new location in Sanctuary’s water.
The new floating skatepark looks to be roughly the same size as the icon on the mini-map and would be right at home in Sanctuary’s waters. If true, this would likely mean that skating is getting added to the game very soon. However, this is all speculation and anything can change in the files before Epic releases the next big update on July 19.
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