Fortnite gets new playground mode in latest update, but it’s down

Fortnite: Battle Royale‘s latest update, version 4.5, on Wednesday unveiled a new mode called Playground, new dual pistols and other significant changes to the hugely popular online shooter. 

But once the update dropped, Fortnite’s multiplayer matchmaking began to break, forcing the company to roll the update back while it worked out the bugs, GameSpot reports. The game itself is still working smoothly while the errors are being fixed, but you’ll have to wait for these new features.

Playground mode, as described by Epic, lets up to four people drop down on the island with relaxed settings to practice building and shooting. Players will get a full hour on the island without a storm closing in to brush up on fort building and using weapons they have yet to master. 

You won’t have problems finding gear either — all gold chest nodes are turned on in this mode, so you can familiarize yourself with where loot may drop when you play the regular game. Friendly fire is turned on, but if a friend kills you, you respawn almost immediately, dropping from the battle bus again with the freedom to go anywhere else on the island.

Epic has also added dual-wield pistols. After dropping onto the island a few times today I’m yet to find any, so I’m still waiting to feel like Neo from The Matrix. Also, to celebrate the Fourth of July, rocket launchers will temporarily be called fireworks launchers, changing the explosion visuals to look like fireworks for the summer holiday. 

Another welcome update has to do with communicating with your teammates. Now, when you place a marker on the map to point out a location, your teammates will see visual indicators in-game where those markers are placed. There were also tweaks to damage and accuracy for both shotguns and SMGs.

In addition to the update, Epic…