Update: The new season this change begins with is now live. You can see everything new in Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 4, the new weapons, map changes, and the new battle pass. The original story follows.
Epic Games is making one of its biggest changes ever to Fortnite next week–the items on the upcoming Chapter 5 Season 4 battle pass will be the first in the game’s history that aren’t exclusive to the season they belong to. Starting with the upcoming season that begins on August 16, battle-pass cosmetics can be made available for sale in the Fortnite item shop starting 18 months after the end of the season.
This is a massive change because all previous battle-pass cosmetics have been sold under the pretense that they will never be available. Skins li…