US EditionFortnite update today (19 March): What changes in the new season?
Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 2 introduces a rivalry system with Team Foundation and Team Ice King, featuring new skins, weapons, and gameplay changes, with the Battle Pass costing 800 V-Bucks.
- On March 19, 2026, Epic Games launched Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 2 Showdown, taking game servers offline at 2 AM ET for several hours of v40.00 downtime.
- The new Battle Pass forces players to choose Team Foundation or Team Ice King on first login, tying progress to a Rivalry system with Rival Credits and season-long rewards.
- Epic introduced new movement items like Overdrive Grenade and Skyline Deployer, plus new POIs Frigid Fortress, New Sanctuary, Dark Dominion, and weapons including Vector 7 DMR and Ice King's Gauntlets.
- Epic announced V‑Bucks price increases of 8% to 20% starting March 19, 2026, while the Battle Pass now costs 800 V‑Bucks and early buyers before March 26 receive the Stealth Tech Foundation bonus style.
- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson returns as The Foundation and Looney Tunes characters such as Bugs Bunny join the island; the season ends June 5, 2026, with Bugs Bunny unlocked at Battle Pass level 85.
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