Fortnite Season 8 will be about pirates

The Fortnite Season 8 release date is right around the corner, and Epic Games has dropped a big ol’ hint about its theme: Pirates! The official Fortnite Twitter account posted a teaser Sunday in the form of a short rhyming verse. “‘X’ Marks The Spot / Treasure abound / Loot that has been lost / can always be found. 4 days to Season 8,” it read. Talk of ‘X marks the spot’ and ‘treasure’ together is a pretty clear hint that they’re going for pirates this season, but if that isn’t swashbuckley enough for you, Epic also included an image that features what appears to be a hook. Hooks are associated with two kinds of people: Pirates, and the murderer in that one scary story kids told back in high school about the scratching sound on the car door. But given the references to treasure before, we’re going to assume this means pirates. A pirate theme lends some credence to the theory that the snow currently covering the island is going to melt and raise water levels. That would certainly make space for pirate ships and perhaps a more nautically-themed season in general.