A New Fortnite Gun Is Coming To PS4, Xbox One, And PC

A new weapon is coming to Fortnite: Battle Royale soon. The "Hand Cannon," as developer Epic Games is calling it, looks like a beast. From the looks of the teaser video below, the weapon is capable of bringing down a structure with just a single shot.

Surely, it will be devastatingly powerful in other battle scenarios as well. We do not know the Hand Cannon's specific stats just yet, but if it's like other, similar weapons in other games, you can expect its powerful punch to be balanced out with heavy recoil.

Epic did not specify when exactly the Hand Cannon will come to Fortnite: Battle Royale, only saying its arrival will be "soon." When you boot up the game, you'll see a teaser for the gun. Epic also teased some kind of a new, action hero-looking skin that bears some resemblance to James Bond or John Wick. This skin was modeled in a teaser image that shows what appears to be the new Hand Cannon. Check it out below:

This image suggests the new skin will come to Fortnite: Battle Royale through the game's soon-to-launch Season 3 Battle Pass. This will include a total of 76 items, including skins, emotes, and a lot more--here are some of the first details. The Battle Pass is expected to launch this week, so keep checking back for more.

A new patch for Fortnite launched recently on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Among other things, it adds the Impulse Grenade, that, after a short delay, sends all nearby players flying a long distance. It also introduces "thematic shrines" across the map that appear to have a Chinese architectural look to them, which is potentially a tie-in for the Lunar New Year.