Season 4 of Fortnite is just a few short days from being over which means hype for season five is through the roof. Between the pictures of Kitsune masks, strange rifts appearing everywhere and a rocket launch, there is tons of speculation on what Epic Games has in store for us. So let’s break down what we know so far.

 First things first, the upcoming season is going to launch July 12th at  1 AM PT / 4 AM ET / 9 AM BST / 6 PM AET so it won’t be long before all of our questions will be answered. So far the biggest question on everyone’s mind, is what will Season 5’s theme be? Based on what we have seen so far, the two most likely possibilities are Western or time travel. Now granted without any evidence these two choices must sound crazy, however, there is a reason people came to these two conclusions. In typical Epic Games fashion, mysterious things have started popping up around the map most notably an old-timey stagecoach. Many are thinking that this is a hint that the upcoming season will be western themed while others believe that some sort of time-travel will be involved and possibly the entire map might soon revert back a few decades. Another huge mystery is the sudden appearance of these massive cracks and rifts in the sky. On June 3oth, the rocket found in the evil lair actually took off into the skies and ever since then cracks have been forming all throughout the map’s skyline. What’s more alarming is that objects close to the rifts have been getting swallowed up leading many to believe that some sort of portal lies beyond them. Epic Games has really taken this concept to new levels as one of the objects, the infamous Durr Burger sign from Greasy Grove, recently appeared in real life in the middle of a California desert. Needless to say, Epic Games is extremely committed to whatever they have in store.

Lastly, let’s talk about Fortnite’s Season 5 teaser image which shows a picture of what looks to be a kitsune mask with a crack going through the middle of the image. Clearly, the rifts will be the biggest aspect of Season 5 and perhaps the person behind the mask is the one responsible for the appearance. Still, it’s not much to go one and at this point time-travel although ambitious seems like the most accurate guess for Fortnite’s upcoming theme. Whatever the case may be, there will be a new battle pass along with the new season which means more challenges and more skins and gilders to unlock. The clock is ticking if you haven’t yet claimed the infamous Omega skin so hurry up and load into the battle bus and get some last minute tiers!