The Fortnite community is a little upset at the latest change Epic has made to how a small but important element of Fortnite works.
Fortnite’s rhythm game offshoot, Festival, is changing as the number of tracks available at any one time is being dramatically reduced.
“As we work to improve the overall user experience with Jam Tracks in the Shop, we’ve reduced the amount of available tracks in favor of a more curated approach,” the official Fortnite Festival account posted on X.
This means the number of available tracks has dropped from over 200 to just 40.
Some users have taken this as a sign Epic may be sunsetting the Fortnite Festival mode altogether.
“Nice way of saying Jam Tracks won’t be released as much and the game mode is dying,” X user Terns posted.
Other users have taken issue with how quickly tracks will be shuffled off the roster.
“Not only just 20 at a time, but the leave dates absolutely suck. For example, the Paramore stuff, that just came out, is only going to be in the shop for like 4 days,” writes Reddit user JonathanStryker.
The release of tracks in Fortnite Festival is also going to be less predictable in future.
“While we’ve historically released new Jam Tracks every Thursday, we’re experimenting with a more flexible release schedule these days,” the Fornite Festival team posted on X.
“That caused some confusion this week, and that’s our bad. We’ll be clearer moving forward on which Jam Tracks are releasing and when.
One frustrating part is, while players can look up the full list of Fortnite Festival tracks, thanks to Fortnite wiki sites, they won’t necessarily be able to buy the track they want, when they want it. And these tracks are not cheap.
Fortnite Festival charges 500 V-bucks for single tracks, equivalent to around £3.50.
It is not all bad news for Fortnite Festival, though. Linkin Park responded to a message on social media from a fan asking for “new era” content on Fortnite Festival, suggesting it could possibly be in the works. Emily Armstrong took over as lead vocalist in 2023, following the death of Chester Bennington in 2017.
The game also got a co-op mode in January for Xbox and PlayStation players, bringing Fortnite Festival closer to core inspirations like Guitar Hero and Rock Band.
