Fortnite Season 11: 5 predictions of what's next after the major blackout

Fortnite has ended Season 10 yesterday on October 13 in a surprisingly menacing manner. The season ended with a black hole appearing over the map and consuming the entire Fortnite world. Players could not continue playing nor could they join, despite them selling a Season 11 pass.

Epic Games dramatically called this event "The End". They even deleted all of their Twitter posts with just a picture of the black hole captioned "...". So did Epic Games just take everyone's money and run? Obviously not, the game is too big for such a thing to even be true.

What we do know is that they have some surprises in store and Epic is not willing to reveal what it is yet (though we'll know soon enough). Here are 5 predictions of what we can expect from Season 11 and Fortnite in the future.

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#5 An entirely new map

Fortnite's map has pretty much been the same since the game's inception. They have made some interesting twists between each season, such as a volcano erupting and changing the landscape of the map. Every season gets new variations of the same map.

This time could be entirely different. Competitors such as Apex Legends and PUBG have already given new map layouts for their players but Fortnite is yet to offer that still. Perhaps it's finally time for the revamp.

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#4 New Events

Fortnite has had many types of events, from the season end events to special Limited Time Modes such as the Avenger's event and John Wick. They even distributed special limited-time skins during these events.

If Season 11 is going to be a fresh new start, Epic Games could probably add all kinds of new Limited Time Modes while using their huge connections to develop creative kinds of game modes. Fortnite Creative is already helping with that, perhaps we'll get some updates with that too.

#3 Save the World going free

Fortnite's PvE mode "Save the World" has been a separate game mode where players are tasked with building structures and defending against hoards of zombies. Players are rewarded with different items and loot if they successfully complete missions within the game mode.

One of the biggest rumors, which is not even really a rumor, is Epic Games' plan to release a free-to-play version of "Save the World". We can probably expect that by the time Season 11 starts.

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#2 Fortnite leaves Early Access

Fortnite Battle Royale and Fortnite Save the World are still technically not fully released products. Early Access simply means that the state of the game's development is "incomplete".

Epic Games has been pushing updates to both Save the World and Battle Royale, the latter of which has consisted of multiple seasons with new additions constantly being made. Seasons will most likely continue but Epic Games could release some version of a "finished product" by the time Season 11 starts.

#1 Possible new game mechanics

Though still the most popular Battle Royale in the world, many players have begun to get burnt out and bored with existing game mechanics. Epic Games periodically releases new balance changes on items, reskinning the map between Seasons and having different Limited Time Mode events.

Pro players such as Tyler "Ninja" Blevins have expressed many concerns and frustrations with the game, especially when Epic Games releases broken balance patches. Ninja, when discussing the new Season on stream said:

"So, I kind of almost want Epic to really some new stuff – maybe, like a new mechanic that really is like going to mix things up. I would not be angry if they changed a lot of the game, that’s all."

Fortnite also added mechanics such as respawning which was similarly modeled after the Apex Legends style. There will need to be new kinds of mechanics that make players feel like they're going to learn the game again. It gives a sense of excitement and novelty to the game, especially players who have been burned out by the repetition in Fortnite Battle Royale.

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We have no idea what to expect from Season 11. 6 million people were watching the live streams of different people during the Black Hole event. Fortnite has not lost it's fan base yet so hopefully, this is the start of something fresh which adds more spice to the most popular Battle Royale game.