The new Fortnite update (which will bring the game to version 8.30) arrives today, Wednesday 10 April. Epic Games has confirmed downtime and the weight of the patch, not really light …
Fortnite will be down from 11:00 am (Italian time) to allow Epic Games to publish the new patch, the servers should remain offline for about two hours, roughly the 8.30 update will be available between 13:00 and 15: 00 (Italian time) with the rollout which should be completed by mid-afternoon. Epic has also revealed the weight of the 8.30 patch on all platforms:
- PC: 6.93GB
- Mac: 7.7GB
- PS4: 3.9GB
- Xbox One: 4.06GB
- Switch: 3.93GB
- iOS: 1.14 – 1.76GB
- Android: 1.56 – 2.98GB
An update that is really huge compared to the average, but what exactly will it contain? Surely the patch will introduce the Restart van also it talks about many changes to the vehicles and other important news related to the beginning of the qualifications for the Fortnite World Cup 2019. The LTM Gun Game mode should also make its appearance today while the Fortnite 2019 Easter Event seems to be expected next week.
In a few hours, we will know more about the news of Fortnite 8.30, in the morning Epic will broadcast the official changelog while the dataminer will explore the source code in search of leaks.
We’re making technical improvements in v8.30, increasing the size of this update. Find the download sizes below:
PC:6.93GB
Mac:7.7GB
PS4:3.9GB
Xbox:4.06GB
Switch:3.93GB
iOS:1.14 – 1.76GB
Android:1.56 – 2.98GB
Mobile devices with <6gb of space will need to re-download Fortnite— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) April 9, 2019