Future Fortnite Battle Pass items could find their way back to the game through the Fortnite Shop, Epic Games says, but they would only go on sale if they were part of a Pass that had expired 18 or more months before, to preserve at least some of the cachet of unlocking them.
“This change lets us continue investing in new and exciting Battle Pass rewards while enabling players down the road to also enjoy the content, including Outfits based on popular licensed characters,” the game’s developer and publisher said in a blog post on Wednesday.
Another important qualifier: this is for “Items in future Fortnite Battle Passes.” That means all the stuff that has come before, from Dune, to Star Wars, Spider-Man, John Wick, even Naomi Osaka, that’s not coming back, likely because their licensing agreements were likely for a limited time and have expired. Epic will probably have to cut longer-term deals with those doing a Metaverse collab from now on.
Will all Fortnite Battle Pass Content make a return?
However, nothing precludes Epic from bringing back its own originally created content from past battle passes — such as The Paradigm. Somewhat ironically, this message/decision comes a day after a screwup which returned The Paradigm – an Epic-owned creation – to the Fortnite Store five years after she appeared in a Battle Pass.
Epic apologized for the slip-up, let those who bought the skin keep it, and will even refund their V-bucks. But it sounds like they’re holding firm to the no-past-content rule, if only to avoid answering 900 whatabout questions from the community.
A FAQ should take care of those. One, for example, says that not all Battle Pass items are guaranteed to return to the Fortnite Shop. However if something is definitely not returning to the store later, they’ll let players know.
Obviously, all of this is a way for Epic to squeeze more out of the skins, weapons, back blings and whatnot showing up in future Battle Passes. Their price will remain 950 V-Bucks, or $8.49.
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