Fortnite's giant hand event was a return to the game's uniqueness of old

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Fortnite's giant hand event was a return to the game's uniqueness of old
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simultaneously did something it had never done before, and something it hadn't done in ages. On the game's storied battle royale Island, players looked on as a giant hand made out of rapidly-cooling lava burst out of the ground, clasping an enormous treasure box that then lay, danging, high up in the air.

people who wiped out upwards of 50-players at once as they settled in to watch Fortnite's first ever in-game event, the rocket launch The emergence of the hand - while on a smaller scale - was a welcome change to all that, and the kind of uniquely Fortnite-y moment I hope we'll see more of once again. The game's battle royale mode has long been home to one-off must-see moments, but also to long-running, daily tweaks that encourage players to revisit and see what is different on the Island each day.

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