News: events
Season flips, live events, Sprite Hours and datamined finds. What Epic has confirmed is labelled as confirmed; everything else is labelled as what it is, right there in the text.
- Gold Sprite Bonanza Hits at 2 PM ET on August 22 Get ready for more Gold Sprite drops and boosted Gold Bars on August 22 at 2 PM ET.
- Gold Sprite Bonanza Hits at 2 PM ET on August 22 Get ready for better Gold Sprite drops and boosted soft-currency rates.
- Every Confirmed Collab in Fortnite Override, and When Each One Actually Lands Sonic and Tetris are live now. Kingdom Hearts, Persona 5, and a first-ever Roblox crossover are Epic-confirmed for later this season - here's every collab and what it actually adds.
- Overrides Unleashed: Explore Gaming Legends New Override events bring Sonic, Tetris, Pac-Man vibes to the Island.
- Fortnite Override v42.00: Every Patch Note, Weapon and Sprite The full v42.00 patch notes for Chapter 7 Season 4 Override: new POIs, weapons, eleven new Sprites, Lobby Hacks, Cheat Codes, Match Overrides, and the ranked reset.
- Every Fortnite Override Lobby Hack Code (And What It Unlocks) Chapter 7 Season 4 added Lobby Hacks, Cheat Codes and Match Overrides all at once. Here's what each system does and every Lobby Hack code going around tonight.
- Override Is Live: Every New Sprite, Every New Spot, Everything That Changed Chapter 7 Season 4 launched today with 6 new colorways, 12 new Sprites, a redesigned look and a Dust reset. Every confirmed and unconfirmed sprite, the new map, and what actually carries over.
- John Wick Sprite Spawns Only in Reload New John Wick Sprite drops exclusively in Reload — don’t miss it!
- Sprite Spree Week, straight from Epic: the official day-by-day and what the roundups missed Epic's official post confirms the Sprite Spree Week schedule (Aug 14-20), adds per-day equip effects, and extends Gem Hours through the end of the season. What it says and what to do with it.
- Geno Stole the Zero Point: The Unstable Reaction, and Your Last Week to Collect Fortnite's Unstable Story Moment came and went in three minutes. Here's what players thought, and how Sprite Spree Week (Aug 15-19) lets you finish your set before Season 4. Updated with Epic's official schedule.
- Sprites are FREE to resummon until the season ends — master everything now Resummons cost 0 Sprite Dust from now until August 20, alongside Sprite Spree Week's double leveling — the biggest mastery push of the season, confirmed in-game.
- Override is almost here: every sprite fact, leak and rumor before Season 4 A new sprite generation, the Sprite Garden, a Dust reset, Mythic Sprite Hours, and the Gaming Legends leaks — what collectors need to know before August 20.
- Unstable, Two Mythic Sprite Hours, and Your Last Week to Collect Season 3 ends August 19 and its Sprites leave Battle Royale. The Unstable finale on August 15 is followed by two Mythic Sprite Hours boosting Zero Point and Grim - here is the schedule and what to chase first.
- Gem Hours Today: Session Times, What's Boosted, and How to Spend the Four Hours Gem Hours run today, August 8, 2-4 PM and 9-11 PM ET: boosted Gem spawns, Self-Revive at spawn, Mythic loot pool. Every Gem now has a confirmed pull on our trackers - here is how to get yours.
- New Season Alert: Override is Here! Get ready for Chapter 7 Season 4, Override, launching August 20, 2026.
Official Fortnite channels
Straight from the source — these are Epic's own posts and status feeds, not ours:
- Fortnite News ↗ Epic’s official announcements, season posts and patch notes.
- @FortniteGame ↗ The main Fortnite account — reveals, teasers, event times.
- @FortniteStatus ↗ Downtime, maintenance windows and known issues, as they happen.
- Epic Games Status ↗ Live service health — is it down for everyone, or just you?
- Fortnite on YouTube ↗ Official trailers, event streams and season cinematics.
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