Here's what now happens when you log in to Fortnite:Here's what the black hole looks like.
The event began off much like last season's. A timer appearing above the Visitor's rocket at Dusty Depot reached 0, and the rocket began to hurtle off towards space. Much like the original season 4 event, the rocket caused various rips in time and space, hurtling through the night sky. Before long, a multitude of rockets began appearing from the rifts and similarly careened around the map.
After about a minute, all the rockets suddenly converged on one point, where the frozen meteor would have fallen. A large burst of energy (not unlike the more recent unvaulting event) then began to throw every player up into the air. Players were thrown so high that they could see the entirety of the season 10 map, before it appeared to collapse into the black hole you see above.
At 11:24 am PT, approximately 1.4 million people were viewing Fortnite's official stream of the event, which has been resting on an image of the black hole since the end of the event. The Fortnite Twitter account has also blacked out its profile picture. Epic Games have effectively shut down their billion dollar franchise down - intentionally - until further notice.
IGN has determined that if you enter the classic Konami code (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start), then this new playable mini-game will open up.A series of numbers have begun to appear around the black hole at seemingly irregular intervals. So far, we've spotted 11, 146, 15, and 62. There's no clear meaning behind the numbers as of yet, but they're certainly tied to Fortnite Chapter 2. The new map that Fortnite appears to soon be getting was previously leaked earlier this week via the iOS App Store.
The event drew more than six million concurrent viewers between Twitch and YouTube, according to industry analyst Rod Breslau. Enough people watched the event via Twitch that it was enough to momentarily shut down the service.
Some users on Twitter have expressed concern over their in-game progress and purchases being deleted. The official Ask PlayStation Twitter account tweeted out that Fortnite developer Epic Games is "aware" of the Fortnite blackout, and that V-Buck purchases and inventory items are secure.
Epic is aware of the Fortnite Blackout. Please be assured that your inventory items and V-Bucks are secure. Please reach out to Epic for more details.
— Ask PlayStation (@AskPlayStation) October 13, 2019
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