Fortnite’s new map is the star of its revamped, reinvigorated Chapter 2 update, which launched yesterday after nearly 48 hours of black hole-ridden downtime.
But yesterday was not the first time fans had been able to peer at the new map. It had, in fact, been floating around various corners of the internet for several weeks.
The problem was, no one believed it.
Back in September, an image showing most of the map was posted to the r/fortnitecompetitive reddit. The post – which has since been deleted – claimed it was a leak from a “friend” who was an Epic employee.
It included the same leaked place names as those found within Fortnite’s own update files, apparently for a set of new areas due to debut in season 11. It also included a Battle Bus route and location marker, as if snipped from an in-game screenshot illicitly taken on a top-secret test server.