As per the news section update today, it was expected to see a piece of upcoming information about an update. Fortnite is about to deploy patch 9.01, which in general will include performance improvements, but also a brand new Tactical Assault Rifle.
The developers behind Fortnite, Epic Games, have just announced the starting time of tomorrow’s server downtime. The downtime begins at 4 AM ET and 08 AM UTC.
Get up close and personal when the v.9.01 update releases tomorrow, May 15.
Downtime begins at 4 AM ET(0800UTC).
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) May 14, 2019
The update is here to introduce the players to the new Tactical Assault Rifle, and also land a set of improvements. Tomorrow’s update is also going to Vault the Hamster Ball so that professionals are going to rely rotations on only 1 remaining item, the Shadow Bomb.
Goodbye Baller, and welcome Tac Assault Rifle!