Live coverage of the launch of Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 3, which adds a whole new Star Wars-themed Battle Pass, new map locations and new weapons to try out.
Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 3 is imminent, set to arrive following a period of scheduled downtime on May 2, 2025, at 2am ET / / 11pm PT (May 1) / 7am BST.
It’ll be a Star Wars-focused affair called Galactic Battle, bringing a whole new Battle Pass to work through, and new map locations to visit. In the build-up to launch, I’ll be covering things live, providing up-to-date details on scheduled downtime, the highlights set to arrive next season, and my initial impressions of things once it’s all gone live.
Epic Games has been busy teasing the next season of Fortnite over the last week or so, and we now know that it’s entirely centered around Star Wars. So far, there’s been a teaser trailer showing off some of the upcoming Battle Pass skins, a look at how the map is set to change as part of Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 3, as well as the announcement of an in-game event that’ll air shortly after the new season launches.
If early signs are anything to go on, the upcoming Star Wars updates to Fortnite could be a real high point for Chapter 6 so far. Hopefully, we’ll get to fly some X-Wings, battle Samurai variants of iconic Star Wars villains, and even get to see Darth Jar-Jar in action.
Personally, I’ve found this Chapter a little bit lacking, so I’m excited to see how Epic Games delivers on the most involved Star Wars season yet. I’ll be dropping in on launch day, checking out the new Battle Pass skins and testing the new weapon loot pool, seeing if the changes are good enough to keep Fortnite in TechRadar’s best free games list.
