A lot of Fortnite’s most memorable moments have come from the game’s live events, where everybody playing is experiencing some kind of one-time-only content that you just had to be there for. The very first Fortnite live event, the one that started this whole awesome tradition, was the Blast Off event at the end of Chapter 1 Season 4–and, hey, guess what, it’s coming for the end of Fortnite OG Season 4. The new version of this rocket party will go down on July 26 at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET during any ongoing rounds of Fortnite OG. Check out the teaser.
The Blast Off event originally took place on June 30, 2018, when the mysterious Visitor launched a rocket that went haywire right in the middle of the battle royale matches that were going on at 10:30 AM PT that morning. The rocket took off, flew way out into space, then turned around and flew in toward toward Tilted Towers. But instead of landing, the rocket hit a rift–and that’s when things got really interesting. You can watch the original version of the event in its entirety below.
It’s not expected that the Fortnite OG version will be very different than it was when it first happened, but it also wouldn’t be surprising if Epic threw in some new wrinkles, like a safe zone where players can watch the event without being threatened by other players.
The arrival of the Visitor on the Battle Royale island back in Chapter 1 Season 4 marked the beginning of Fortnite’s story, though the plotline with the Seven–the Avengers-style group the Visitor belonged to–was largely discarded during Chapter 4. There’s been some hope among folks who care about the story that the new version of the Blast Off event could contain some new detail that might tie it in with the current Fortnite plot.
Whatever the situation ends up being, the event will serve as the beginning of the end of Fortnite OG Season 4, which closes on August 7.
