Epic offers additional insight for v11.30 patch

After an incredibly long period of downtime, Fortnite patch v11.30 is finally live. As usual, Epic Games are not saying much.

The developers have released a blog post titled “Battle Royale Update – What’s New in 11.30”. In keeping with this seasons veil of secrecy, it doesn’t reveal a whole lot about any of the content changes or other leaked information. It does however touch on the new split screen mode for Playstation and Xbox, as well as some small bug fixes and gameplay adjustments.

This is what the article had to say about the latest Fortnite update:

v11.30 is live for Battle Royale and includes the following changes:

• Introducing Split Screen.

• Play Duos and Squads with a friend on the same PlayStation 4 or Xbox One.

• This is an early release of Split Screen; we will continue to improve the feature. Please report bugs via the in-game Feedback tool.

• Preview what’s in the Item Shop using your mobile device.

• With Party Hub, you can now preview what’s new in the Item Shop before loading into the game.

• To do this, open Party Hub, swipe right, and tap “Preview Items.”

• Increased the daily Item Shop gifting limit from 3 to 5.

• Changed Ammo Indicator.

• Now a visual representation of remaining ammo number rather than a solid bar.

• You can now choose when to transition from the “Eliminated By” screen to the end-of-match XP screen.

• To transition to the end-of-match XP screen, press “Continue” on the “Eliminated By” screen.

• Made preparations for the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker live event at Risky Reels on December 14, 2 PM ET.

Bug fixes:

• Resolved an issue involving the Safe Zone setting on Xbox One returning to 1.00 upon each login.

• Resolved an issue involving some trees and metal fences in Arena not granting the correct material increase.

• The Magma Wrap now appears correctly on the Bandage Bazooka and Pistol.

• Resolved an issue involving the Bandolette Outfit appearing to have two hairstyles merged together.

• Resolved an issue involving some items from the Twin Turntables set appearing grainy and pixelated.

• The Social menu Friends List on mobile devices no longer auto-scrolls to the top when players try to scroll down.

• Resolved an issue involving players’ Quick Bar being inadvertently defaulted off on mobile devices.

There are plenty of other changes to discover in-game, including snow covering a large portion of the map, Christmas decorations all over the place and unvaulted items such as the Sneaky Snowman.