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Watch the Fortnite Rocket Launch, In Case You Missed It

Did you miss the monumental Fortnite rocket launch? Tyler 'Ninja' Blevins did not, so Shacknews captured the moment from his stream, for posterity.

Ozzie Mejia

June 30, 2018 10:40 AM

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The gaming world experienced the equivalent of a solar clipse, Haley's Comet, and any other rare celestial event one can think of on Saturday. Epic Games teased a one-time only Fortnite event for Saturday morning, pointing to a rocket in the evil lair near Snobby Shores. As promised, on Saturday morning, the rocket launched.

Here's the rocket launch from the perspective of famed Fortnite streamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins:

The rocket looked to reach the sky without incident, however, it soon exploded. Ninja looked up to find a rift in the sky.

Here's another view of the rocket explosion from our own Asif Khan:

Debris from the rocket is currently literring the Battle Royale map, but the big news is the strange rift in the atmosphere. It remains to be seen what this crack in the sky is and how it will affect the Fortnite world as a whole. There have been teases that this will point to some big changes for Fortnite Season 5, which is set to begin on Thursday, July 12 at 1AM PT. Shacknews will continue to follow this story and will offer any updates as they come in.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?