Following Epic's mass layoffs, a bunch of Fortnite modes are going offline and arcade racer Horizon Chase Turbo's downloads will be pulled

"In immoderate cases we failed to physique thing awesome capable to pull and clasp a ample subordinate base"

Epic Games person announced that they're laying disconnected implicit 1000 unit today, March 24th. In the aftermath of that news, the publishers person announced that 3 Fortnite modes are being permanently sunsetted. Meanwhile, 1 of the studios Epic ain - Horizon Chase developers Aquiris - person announced plans to propulsion downloads for the archetypal 2 games successful their arcade racing bid offline aboriginal this year.

First, Fortnite. Rocket Racing, Ballistic, and the Festival Battle Stage mode are each acceptable to spell offline astatine assorted points successful 2026, Epic announced successful a tweet. "We've built a batch of Fortnite modes, and successful immoderate cases we failed to physique thing awesome capable to pull and clasp a ample subordinate base," the publishers wrote.

The archetypal 2 modes to vanish volition beryllium Ballistic and the Festival Battle Stage, some of which are acceptable to marque their exits connected April 16th this year, alongside the accomplishment of the game's mentation 40.20. You'll beryllium capable to play some modes up until they go, with Epic emphasising that Ballistic's FPS-themed tools for Fortnite's Unreal exertion volition beryllium sticking astir - arsenic volition the game's 2 different music-related modes, the Festival's Main Stage and Jam Stage.

Rocket Racing, meanwhile, volition instrumentality astir until October this year, with each of the Unreal exertion islands built utilizing its template pursuing it retired of the door. "Nothing changes with your Vehicle Locker and you tin inactive usage your customised cars successful Fortnite," Epic wrote. "For developers gathering car content, successful April we’re adding car physics, hazards, and track-building tools (including the Track Spline instrumentality and Speed Boost devices) to the basal [Fortnite Unreal editor] toolset. Developers volition besides beryllium capable to physique customized racing islands with jumps, boosts, and drifting. Before October, developers volition beryllium capable to determination compatible Rocket Racing contented implicit to standalone [Unreal editor-made} islands."

Shortly aft Epic announced the departure of those modes, Brazilian devs Aquiris enactment retired a tweet of their ain revealing that Horizon Chase and Horizon Chase Turbo volition nary longer beryllium disposable to download arsenic of June 1st this year. The latest introduction successful the retro-inspired arcade racing bid Horizon Chase 2, volition stay grabbable, suggesting this is simply a layoff-related yanking of immoderate games beyond the 1 presently being pushed oregon worked on. It's a damn shame. Horizon Chase Turbo's the introduction I've played the astir of and I dug its Amiga-style vertical roadworthy scrolling arsenic overmuch arsenic Graham (RPS successful peace) did.

For much Horizon Chase Turbo love, springiness Brendy (also RPS successful peace)'s introduction connected it successful our champion racing games database a read, though you've apt not got excessively agelong to bash truthful arsenic this quality means I'll person to get my update centrifugal successful cogwheel astatine immoderate constituent soon.