The next big headliner of Fortnite Festival is Billie Eilish
Epic Games has announced this Fortnite Festival Season 3 will feature pop star Billie Eilish.
Starting today (April 23) through June 13, the award-winning singer will take the stage in the final season, alongside new outfits, instruments, emotes, Jam Tracks and more artist-themed items, some of which can be earned through the Festival Complete this season’s quests.
While there is a Free Rewards Track, players can also upgrade to the Premium Rewards Track, which unlocks an additional layer of rewards, as well as the Green Roots Billie Outfit, which is automatically received upon purchase.
With the launch of Season 3, Epic Games has also made a profit Rock band 4 guitar controllers that are fully compatible with the new Game Mode song components – Pro Lead and Pro Bass – on PlayStation, Xbox and PC, and can be accessed from the Main Stage. This also includes the recently launched PDP Riffmaster.
You can go to the official blog post to see if your controller can be supported this season.
There have also been a number of quality of life improvements made to the game mode, which you can read about in full below.
Fortnite Festival Season 3 Patch Notes
Improvements and fixes:
Pro Lead and Pro Bass
- Added two new song parts: Pro leader And Pro bass! All current and future Jam Tracks now have these two playable song parts, accessible on the Main Stage with a guitar controller.
- Pro Lead and Pro Bass have hammer-on and pull-off notes. If you have a streak, you can hit these notes without strumming!
- Pro Lead and Pro Bass have colored notes for each track, which correspond to the guitar controller buttons.
- Leaderboards now have new entries supporting Pro Lead and Pro Bass scores. Climb to the top!
- To support the release of Pro Lead and Pro Bass, we’ve updated the Overdrive color for all song parts from bright orange to silvery white. The way you collect and activate Overdrive hasn’t changed, but we felt Overdrive should appear clearer with the added note colors.
- For the time being, the whammy bar only provides a visual effect. There is no audio distortion or extra Overdrive energy when whammying.
- We continue to improve the playing experience with a guitar controller and would like your feedback! For rhythm rock veterans, there may be situations where you miss a note you expected to hit, or where a familiar Jam Track feels different. Let us know your thoughts as you take on the ax in Fortnite Festival. We’re happy to see you shredding!
Step up
- The Music Library now shows an expanded set of statistics, showing the best performance of the selected instrument type in each Jam Track row.
- The Music Library is also now arranged by default with new and recommended Jam Tracks at the top (this can be re-sorted), allowing players with large libraries to easily access Quest-relevant Jam Tracks.
- New wristband missions and rewards have been added.
- The Season 2 leaderboard scores have been recorded and archived. The leaderboards are waiting for your new top performances with Season 3!
- For an easier song selection, you will be closer to the organ when you arrive Backstage. No more sprinting to create your setlist!
- After each achievement, there are more statistics on the results screen. You can now see the percentage of notes hit and missed and the average of your other performances to see how you’ve improved.
- We’ve rearranged the song part selection menu to Vocal > Bass > Lead > Drums.
- We fixed a bug that assigned a “Double Overdrive” meter during certain note sections.
- Various other fixes and improvements made.