Fortnite isn’t simply merely the largest sport of 2018 however has additionally turn out to be a real cultural phenomenon. From middle-school playgrounds to frat-house events, this battle royale style by no means appears to shock its gamers, finally turning into an obsession for thousands and thousands of followers.

is famously identified for its particular in-game occasions, a lot of which battle with actual holidays. Epic Video games arrange its personal new yr occasion, that includes an enormous disco ball dropping from the sky and fireworks for when the clock strikes midnight.

Fortnite has greater than 200 million gamers worldwide, which implies that gamers in numerous time zones will sight the brand new yr at completely different instances. To simplify this, Epic Video games will drop the New 12 months Ball at each hour to account for midnight in all 24 time zones on the earth.

When the ball drops at midnight, everybody collectively dances for few seconds, making the second price capturing. Nonetheless, the Epic Video games information threw many gamers off guard once they witnessed the fireworks arrive early for his or her time zones. A lot of them took to social media to mock, which they believed was an ‘error.’

2019 NEW YEAR LEAKED!?!?!

— dakotaz (@dakotaz) December 31, 2018

Co-founder and Vice-President of Epic Video games, Mark Rein in response tweeted,

“Is it that you do not actually perceive how timezones work otherwise you assume yours is the one timezone on the earth?” 

Epic spokesman Nick Chester later confirmed that the occasion would happen each hour to account for each time zone.

Woke as much as study that many Fortnite gamers are unaware of time zones. We’re an academic and worldwide sport.

Glad New 12 months to you should you’re already in 2019!

— Nick Chester (@nickchester) December 31, 2018

2018 was a terrific yr for Epic Video games’ Fortnite. So moreover New 12 months eve, Epic Video games has many extra causes to have fun their success.