This weekend, Fortnite Chapter 3, Season 2 will be released. Probably. May be. We will have to wait and see. Although the in-game signals suggest it, there's nothing traditional about the upcoming new season, to the point where we can't even be sure it's happening.
It has never been so for one of the most important sporting events in the world. Of course, COVID delayed two Fortnite seasons by several weeks in 2020, but players and the press were notified of these delays well in advance. In the early spring and summer of the outbreak, much of the world shut down and video games had a bigger impact than many other businesses as studios rushed to move into game development home.
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Fortnite's new season delayed due to war
Today, however, a separate conflict is impacting a tiny but distinct collection of games: Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
While the most catastrophic repercussions of war include countless human rights abuses, we also see how battle interrupts the lives of people who are not fighting in war – and, in some cases, those who are not even physically close to the conflict.
As their developers fight for their lives, some Ukrainian companies have had to relocate developers and notify players of the delays. Despite the game's somewhat lighter tone, Nintendo's Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp has been postponed for what seem like clear reasons - the game's depiction of military combat - even though Nintendo is toothless to say that that's really why the game was put back.
Activision, which is rumored to be keen to reveal the next Call of Duty game sooner than its normal release cycle would imply, is now closely monitoring the news in hopes of avoiding appearing insensitive to anyone. is directly or indirectly affected by the situation in Ukraine. Things get sticky when things like games, movies, and TV depict combat in the context of real war.
A season centered around an all-out battle between Fortnite's major factions has been in the works for months, if not years, but it may suddenly arrive just when players, or at least watchers, find the whole plot ridiculous. . Is it possible for Epic to postpone the season? That, I'm sure, is the question its creators are asking right now, even as the current season draws to a close.