Fortnite Chapter 1 Map Return Is All But Confirmed

gamespot.com:

The hype cycle has begun for a new Fortnite season that will be different from any we've seen before.

By Phil Owen on

After many months of rumors and hearsay about what would happen at the end of Fortnite Chapter 4, we're very close now to Season 5. It just may not be the Season 5 you were expecting, because it's pretty much confirmed at this point that the next season of Fortnite, which will begin on November 3, will put us on a new version of the Battle Royale map from Chapter 1 Season 5.

There have been so many rumors about this upcoming season, which is expected to last just a month before Chapter 5 begins in December. But the picture has started to come into focus in recent weeks. And we got as close to a confirmation of these plans when a content creator named Salvatretzzo posted about a package he received from Epic.

The package, as you can see, includes several pins themed after Chapter 1 Seasons 5 through 10 (X), as well as a new one that simply says Fortnite OG, a dog tag with that same Fortnite OG logo, a vinyl single that plays the old lobby theme and which has the Season 5 map etched into the underside, and a screen that plays an old video of the recipient playing Fortnite during the original Season 5.

It's likely that Salvatretzzo jumped the gun and revealed his box before he was supposed to, because it's been several days and no one else has posted theirs. But it's only a matter of time, because Epic would have sent out a bunch of these.

While the broad strokes seem pretty well set, there had been some discussion among the various Fortnite leakers regarding the specifics of what's coming. Though things seem settled now: You should expect to see the Chapter 1 Season 5 map as it existed, with the only significant