Fortnite's Save the World mode won't be free-to-play this year

Epic has taken to its official website to announce some updates for Fortnite's Save the World mode, which won't be turned into a free-to-play game until next year at least, as they are still "working on a broad set of features, reworks, and backend system scaling we believe are needed to go free-to-play".

On the other hand, Epic also takes this opportunity to give some information on the new stuff that's coming, including UI improvements, a new Hero system which will now have six Hero slots rather than three, and the Fortnitemares event.

Old Heroes will return alongside new faces in this event, which has been heavily teased, and as part of this we'll visit Hexsylvania to revisit the Vlad Moon Rising questline.

For full details, check their dev notes here. Are you a fan of Save the World?