Prep the Battle Bus!

A new Fortnite Season is on the way for fans of the hit battle royale.

Fortniteis headed for a big change with the release of the impending Chapter 5 Season 2 update.

Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2 Release, Gamepass, News & Everything We Know

The ushering in ofFortniteChapter 5 brought about some major changes to the games-as-a-service.

The hotly-anticipated new season will debut on Friday, March 8.

This will come after a few hours of scheduled downtime for theFortniteservers.

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Traditionally, the season switchover has happened around 2 or 3 a.m.

ET, with the update taking roughly an hour before the servers come back online.

The Grapple Glove and Jetpack).

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A couple of the game modes likeFortnite Festivalrun on a different Seasons schedule than the popular Battle Royale vertical.

FortniteChapter 5 Season 2 kicks off on Friday, March 8.

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