Fortnite Is About To Get Two Major Shotgun Upgrades

Epic Games is gearing up to release a Fortnite update in the very early morning hours, and with it may come two major shotgun upgrades. The game's best close-combat weapon already comes in four varieties: heavy, tactical, pump, and double barrel. Starting tomorrow, one of those varieties (spoiler: it's the pump shotgun) will have two new and more powerful variants.Fortnite Battle Royale players frequently bicker about which shotgun is the best. Each has its advantages, such as the rapid firing ability of the tactical, which is often found in low-damage tiers, and the high damage of the double barrel, which takes a long time to reload after only two shots.

The pump shotgun continues to have its fans, but it's only available in Uncommon and Rare tiers. Epic is about to change that, the company has announced, with the addition of two new rarity tiers: Epic (purple) and Legendary (gold).

The company shared an image of the shotgun, which at first glance resembles the heavy shotgun rather than the pump. These will have the distinction of being Fortnite Battle Royale's 10th and 11th shotgun weapons. As with other weapons, the Epic and Legendary weapons will deal more damage but will be harder to find.

Epic announced the new weapons on its Twitter account but didn't provide a release date. A couple hours later, Epic said it would release the next update on November 27 at 5AM ET — it's unclear whether the new weapons will be part of it, however.

A full list of Fortnite weapons and their stats can be found here.