Fortnite Chapter 7 Gameplay Leaks, Suggesting Epic Games Planned to Rival GTA 6 With Its Own New USA-Based Map

Major gameplay leaks person offered a glimpse astatine the adjacent epoch of Fortnite, successful which its ever-popular conflict royale mode volition modulation to a caller representation based connected the USA.

Previously, authoritative hints from Epic Games person pointed to coordinates based successful Hollywood, portion different leak suggested the crippled would diagnostic a Las Vegas-esque determination (and a Quentin Tarantino crossover). And now, acknowledgment to footage that has leaked from a preview lawsuit attended by media and influencers, Chapter 7's USA-style mounting has been confirmed.

Footage present wide circulating connected societal media shows an arid country with thenar trees. In the distance, the game's representation references an country named Sandy Strip. Signage names Chapter 7's archetypal play arsenic being titled "Pacific Break."

— Shiina (@ShiinaBR) November 20, 2025

Other changes disposable successful the footage look to see driveable reboot vans, and the enactment for a caller Solo vs Bots mode (although it's unclear if this was provided conscionable for the preview event).

Fortnite has followed up the leaks with its own, authoritative look astatine Chapter 7, via a top-down presumption of the game's caller conflict royale representation that shows a much municipality area, implicit with wide metropolis streets and homes with backyard pools. (The top-down presumption present is simply a spot GTA 1, isn't it?)

A archetypal look astatine the battleground to come.
Preparation = Victory pic.twitter.com/4KO1whuy80

— Fortnite (@Fortnite) November 20, 2025

Last night, Fortnite besides publically shared footage of Quentin Tarantino appearing astatine the aforementioned event, lasting adjacent to a Fortnite mentation of Kill Bill's infamous Pussy Wagon car. Here, the connection "pussy" has been replaced by a representation of Meowscles, the game's fan-favorite swole cat. Leaked footage from the event, meanwhile, shows a caller in-game tegument for Uma Thurman's Kill Bill quality The Bride. Oh, and besides Marty McFly from Back to the Future.

Fortnite typically works connected its large yearly representation alteration astir a twelvemonth successful advance, and it's amusive to see the thought that, 12 months ago, Chapter 7's USA-inspired mounting was being planned with the anticipation that a definite different large crippled with a USA-inspired mounting would motorboat astatine the aforesaid time.

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— Fortnite (@Fortnite) November 20, 2025

Of course, GTA 6 has present been delayed — twice. But up until May this year, Rockstar was inactive saying the crippled would get this week, astir the clip Epic Games has launched a caller Chapter of Fortnite for the past fewer years.

This year, Fortnite volition clasp its large Chapter 6 finale lawsuit connected Saturday, November 29. Chapter Seven volition past motorboat imminently after, though immoderate play of downtime is expected. A teaser trailer for that in-game lawsuit released officially past nighttime and featured Fortnite going afloat Ready Player One and Avengers: Endgame with its plans, portion tying up communicative threads from the past fewer years.

In caller weeks, the concealed bunkers successful Fortnite's OG mode person been flashing messages successful morse code, specified arsenic "Zero Hour", which we present cognize is the sanction of the upcoming event, and "Titans". After seeing that teaser trailer, fans deliberation "Titans" refers to the game's existent main antagonist, The Dark Presence, a towering demonic entity that rules Chapter 6's Spirit Realm, but besides to the forces present squaring up against him.

In the coming battle, players look acceptable to combat alongside a bid of different looming figures: the returning Godzilla and King Kong, positive the recently giant-sized Homer Simpson. Is determination a hint to a overmuch longer communicative arc present too? Think backmost to Fortnite's Chapter 5, which introduced the existent epoch of storytelling focused connected blue-haired leader Hope, and you could besides nexus successful the mysterious elephantine manus that erupted from the crushed holding Pandora's Box.

Are each of these Titans? And however volition Fortnite wrapper each of these things unneurotic (plus Star Wars' X-Wings, Uma Thurman, and Marty McFly) arsenic it moves to its caller USA-based home? We've conscionable implicit a week to spell until we find out.

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