Winterfest is over, the Epic Games team has returned from the winter break and is already firing on all cylinders with a new update. We’re starting the year with a new Fortnite Festival season, a major Battle Royale crossover event, and a whole host of new original skins releasing in the coming weeks.

We’ll break down all of the biggest changes and additions in this update so you know exactly what to look for when the servers come back online.

As was officially revealed (and leaked) yesterday, Fortnite x Hatsune Miku leads the new Fortnite Festival season. This means a brand new Music Pass is on the way with Miku-themed instruments, tracks, cosmetics and skins ready to unlock, and the standard Hatsune Miku skin will be available in the Item Shop for the duration of the season . which is currently scheduled to end on April 8th.

Yesterday another teaser was released for the Godzilla crossover event, which will soon have a major impact on Fortnite. This event, which will see the legendary monster rampage across the game’s map and allow you to unlock a Godzilla skin, is scheduled to begin in about a week. We will therefore provide you with further details about the event as we learn more about what it entails.

It’s time to feel a little less confident in your buildings as the Rail Gun is being added back to the game in this update. This energy-based sniper rifle is an extremely powerful weapon that deals great damage and can penetrate structures. The downside is that it needs to be charged for each shot, meaning you have to wait a while between shots and make sure each one counts.

Many new skin packs have been added in this update, most of which are original Fortnite designs. This includes some new survey skins – these are skins that are shown to players as concept art in surveys. The most notable of these is the Ninja Raccoon skin, which will certainly get a much cooler official name when it appears in the item shop sometime between now and the next update.

The latest update caused a lot of excitement as it brought the return of the Last Laugh bundle, which included several DC characters that had not been available for purchase in Fortnite for a long time. It appears that this trend will continue as the Caped Crusader pack has been updated, meaning it will be returning to the item shop soon. This pack includes two versions of Batman, one based on his classic comic book outfit and the other based on his outfit from the film The Dark Knight. It has not been seen in the item shop since November 2023.