{"id":49389,"date":"2018-09-21T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/09\/fortnite_season_six_begins_27th_september_400_percent_match_xp_event_taking_place_this_weekend"},"modified":"2018-09-21T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T14:15:00","slug":"fortnite-season-six-begins-27th-september-400-match-xp-event-taking-place-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/09\/21\/fortnite-season-six-begins-27th-september-400-match-xp-event-taking-place-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortnite Season Six Begins 27th September, 400% Match XP Event Taking Place This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/822bdac3dc382\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/822bdac3dc382\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Fortnite\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/822bdac3dc382\/fortnite.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/822bdac3dc382\/fortnite.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Fortnite\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>With <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/fortnite\"><strong>Fortnite<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s fifth season now coming to a close, developer Epic Games has announced the start date for Season Six. If you hadn&#8217;t already guessed from the title, that date is 27th September.<\/p>\n<p>Following on from last season&#8217;s changeover, a bonus XP weekend is taking place to help players reach their final targets for the season and unlock any leftover cosmetic goodies. Players will receive an additional 400% Match XP in all games from now until 24th September at 8am ET (1pm BST \/ 2pm CEST).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Season 6 is now dropping from the Battle Bus on September 27.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate its arrival and unlock those final Battle Pass rewards with an additional 400% Match XP all weekend, from now until September 24 at 8 AM ET (1200 GMT). Glide into the party! \ud83c\udf89<\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Fortnite (@FortniteGame) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FortniteGame\/status\/1043138261370249217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>What changes will Season Six bring? We still don&#8217;t know. Last season saw a dramatic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/fortnite_tells_players_to_look_to_the_sky_this_saturday_for_a_one-off_blast_off_event\">&#8216;Blast Off&#8217; event<\/a> which resulted in multiple changes to the map and new rifts, and all sorts of other new mechanics were introduced throughout the season, too. If you&#8217;ve been playing regularly, you&#8217;ll likely be aware of the giant purple cube that&#8217;s been roaming around the map, recently creating a strange bouncy lake. Perhaps this will play a large part in the new season?<\/p>\n<p><em>Will you be buying a Battle Pass for Season Six? Let us know below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Fortnite&#8216;s fifth season now coming to a close, developer Epic Games has announced the start date for Season Six. If you hadn&#8217;t already guessed from the title, that date is 27th September. Following on from last season&#8217;s changeover, a bonus XP weekend is taking place to help players reach their final targets for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}