Fortnite is thawing out the Infinity Blade, arguably the game’s most controversial weapon ever, for an appearance in the next season of its OG battle royale mode.
Beginning this Thursday, December 11, Fortnite OG will shift to Chapter 1 Season 7, and let players experience the game’s beloved retro season where all the snow turned up and we got to fly around in planes.
It was a brilliant season, though one that will go down in Fortnite history as one of the most divisive — as Epic Games also introduced the Mythic-quality Infinity Blade sword that was notoriously overpowered. Only one Infinity Blade spawned each match, and lobbies turned into an absolute mess over who nabbed the game-breaking item first.
I remember enjoying the brief disruption to the game’s meta, which was turned on its head and has never seen anything quite like it since (perhaps for good reason). Because, after significant outcry, the Infinity Blade was made unplayable and literally frozen into its pedestal after only a few days, never to be used again — until now.
Epic Games has not said when it intends to unvault the Infinity Blade, or for how long. It’s possible the weapon will be offered at full strength for a brief period, or it could have been rebalanced — for now, players have been left to speculate.
For now, at least, players can expect everything else the original Chapter 1 Season 7 featured to arrive later this week, including items such as balloons and the ability to redeploy your glider, negating fall damage, as well as the fan-favorite X-4 Stormwing planes. Fresh areas of the map include Polar Peak — home to the Ice King, the cheery Happy Hamlet and the Frosty Flights airbase.
Remixed outfits include the feline-tailed Lynx (later the love interest for swole cat Meowscles), onesie-wearing character Onesie, and Fortnite’s battle-scarred take on Father Christmas himself: Sergeant Winter. Is the game really giving up its opportunity to reskin The Ice King? For now, it seems so — though rumors have suggested we may be seeing more of him in the near future.
It is, as always, a busy time for Fortnite — which recently launched its big new Chapter 7 update for the game’s main Battle Royale and Zero Build modes. The game also recently played host to a major Kill Bill crossover, where players could watch Tarantino’s new animated sequence inserted into Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair. And just last night, we learned that Percy Jackson was also coming to the game.
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