Fortnite players will soon be able save lives rather than end them thanks to a new creative gaming mode.
The LifeRun update will see players take the role of “International Red Cross heroes” that take part in life saving missions in the hugely popular video game.
The new creative mode will be debuted at the PAX South 2020 gaming festival in Texas on 17 January, with streaming star Ben ‘DrLupo’ Lupo among the first to demo it.
Fortnite developer Epic Games first introduced the creative mode to the game in 2018, allowing players to create custom maps and mini games.
Epic Games is yet to reveal more details about the LifeRun mode, though company founder Tim Sweeney hinted it is all part of Fortnite developing from a game into a platform.
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1/6 A whole new world
The redesigned map features 13 entirely new locations, as well as a changed-up layout
Fortnite/Epic Games
2/6 Gone fishin’
Fortnite now has a host of different water gameplay features: you can get in boats (which double as cars), go fishing (fish can be eaten and given you health, but you’ll also get guns), and swim across the water.
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3/6 Squad goals
New features are meant to make playing with a squad more rewarding. They include the new “bandage bazooka”, which lets you shoot teammates with health; carry fallen squad members; and celebrate with special new group emotes.
Fortnite/Epic Games
4/6 Be invisible – or be very visible
Objects now let you hide in them, so you can take cover in a haystack or a dumpster and wait to pounce. Or you can go the complete opposite way and use the new exploding objects, like gas tanks and barrels
Fortnite/Epic Games
5/6 Advanced armoury
Epic says it has streamlined the weaponry, and has given new ways of upgrading them.
Fortnite/Epic Games
6/6 Grind be gone
Developers say that they have tried to get rid of the grind, and make levelling up a less frustrating and more fun process. The new battle pass features a whole new XP system and lets you earn medals through matches.
Fortnite/Epic Games
1/6 A whole new world
The redesigned map features 13 entirely new locations, as well as a changed-up layout
Fortnite/Epic Games
2/6 Gone fishin’
Fortnite now has a host of different water gameplay features: you can get in boats (which double as cars), go fishing (fish can be eaten and given you health, but you’ll also get guns), and swim across the water.
Fortnite/Epic Games
3/6 Squad goals
New features are meant to make playing with a squad more rewarding. They include the new “bandage bazooka”, which lets you shoot teammates with health; carry fallen squad members; and celebrate with special new group emotes.
Fortnite/Epic Games
4/6 Be invisible – or be very visible
Objects now let you hide in them, so you can take cover in a haystack or a dumpster and wait to pounce. Or you can go the complete opposite way and use the new exploding objects, like gas tanks and barrels
Fortnite/Epic Games
5/6 Advanced armoury
Epic says it has streamlined the weaponry, and has given new ways of upgrading them.
Fortnite/Epic Games
6/6 Grind be gone
Developers say that they have tried to get rid of the grind, and make levelling up a less frustrating and more fun process. The new battle pass features a whole new XP system and lets you earn medals through matches.
Fortnite/Epic Games
He said on Twitter this would bring “more powerful Fortnite Creative tools so that creators outside of Epic can do the kinds of things with the game that only we can do right now”.
Fortnite did not respond to a request for comment on LifeRun but does not typically provide much information about unreleased features and modes.
On Friday, the game’s developers unveiled the Chapter 2 Season 1 Overtime Challenges, which allow players to earn rewards for completing the missions.
“You may have met the alter egos of Remedy and others, but it appears that more alternative forms exist,” Fortnite explained in a blog post announcing the new challenges. “Unlock these new forms by completing Overtime Challenges.”
New styles include the ‘Remedy vs Toxin Outfit’, the ‘Medaxe Pickaxe’, and the ‘Antidote Back Bling’.
