{"id":131113,"date":"2023-01-10T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-143412"},"modified":"2023-01-10T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T14:30:00","slug":"fortnite-patch-aims-to-hammer-out-new-weapon-glitches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/01\/10\/fortnite-patch-aims-to-hammer-out-new-weapon-glitches\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortnite Patch Aims To Hammer Out New Weapon Glitches"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Epic Games took to the @FortniteStatus<\/a> Twitter account yesterday to announce that a period of game downtime was scheduled for this morning (10th January) to fix several mechanical issues. The maintenance was performed as planned and the Fortnite<\/a> serves are now back online.<\/p>\n

Of the many issues that the patch set out to tackle, the most prominent was with the recently-added Shockwave Hammer – a new weapon which had an easily exploited glitch to remove its cooldown period (thanks, Eurogamer<\/a>). Ever since the weapon’s addition in last month’s Chapter 4 update, the hammer became a fan-favourite, but it was quickly removed from the game (‘vaulted’, as the kids say) for its glitches.<\/p>\n