Fortnite is getting a major new sandbox mode, separate from battle royale

Fortnite is getting a third game mode in the very near future called Creative, which will let you build your own levels and mini-games away from all the battle royale shooting.

Creative mode will live as a third option on Fortnite's main menu, alongside Save the World (PVE) and Battle Royale (PVP). It's a vastly expanded version of Battle Royale's existing Playground mode - one which encourages players to come up with their own sandbox world.

It looks like this announcement was due at the Game Awards, set for late on Thursday night (actually, 1.30am Friday morning UK time). But it was all leaked in granular detail overnight by YouTuber Lachlan, who was invited to play it for several days ahead of time and doesn't know how to stick to an embargo.

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