The Fortnite update delay puts the Halloween Fortnitemares event on hold

If you've been looking forward to jumping in Fortnites Fortnitemares event Today you will be disappointed. Epic Games has announced that its huge update v31.40, which includes the highly anticipated Halloween event, has been delayed by almost 24 hours so that the studio can “continue final preparations.” The Fortnite update downtime was scheduled to begin on Friday, October 11th at 1am PDT / 4am EDT / 9am BST / 10am CEST, but “to ensure that Fortnitemares is truly terrible,” the downtime will now begin later .

The Fortnite The update delay was confirmed by Epic Games, which apologized for the “confusion and delay.” While delays are always painful, sometimes they are unavoidable, even for one of the biggest and biggest best battle royale games around.

Fornite Fortnitemares downtime now begins on Friday, October 11th at 11:00 p.m. PDT and Saturday, October 12th at 4:00 a.m. EDT / 9:00 a.m. BST / 10:00 a.m. CEST.

We're expecting the new Fortnite update to go live around two to three hours after the postponed downtime, so it's likely we'll get our hands on this spooky update by around two hours 2am PDT / 7am EDT / 12pm BST / 1pm CEST.

The Fortnitemares event is definitely worth the wait – even if we don't know too many concrete details about it yet. Previous leaks have claimed that there will be a number of new skins, including collaborations with Disney franchises such as The Nightmare Before Christmas, Disney Villains and Edward Scissorhands. We're also expecting some big map changes and six new landmarks to discover. If all of this is a little too scary for you, you can hide in scarecrows for some quiet time.

So hold on tight, Fortnite fans! It doesn't take long before things get serious. While you wait, find out more about this Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 5 release date and breaking news, and check out our list of best fortnite skins until now.

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