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With it seemingly just a couple of days before Fortnite goes all Greek on us, it seems the final batch of leaks may have arrived, including stats for the weaponry and leaked images of what the Battle Pass is going to look like.
As ever prominent Fortnite leakers have been the source with HYPEX posting everything you need to know about the tactical shotgun that has been playtested ahead of the new season.
Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2 weapon leaks
Posting recently on X, HYPEX said:

“UPCOMING TAC SHOTGUN (Stats could slightly change but this is what Fortnite has been playtesting)

6 Bullets AND reloads the whole clip at once
Reload Time: 4.2s to 3.6s
Fire Rate is 1 (Hammer Pump is 30% slower)
Damage: 79/84/88/93/97
Headshot: 119/126/132/139/145”

How different it will be from the existing tac shotgun isn’t clear, but it seems some tweaks have definitely been made to it.
The DMR will also be returning for Season 2 with HYPEX saying:
 

UPCOMING DMR – Fortnite are currently playtesting a DMR with decent looking stats (could slightly change)
• Damage: 58/61/64/67/70• Builds Damage: 63/67/70/74/77• Headshot Damage: 102/107/112/117/123• Reload Time: 2.8s/…/2.1s• Clip Size: 7• Fire Rate 1.5 pic.twitter.com/z4l3AY8Imz
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) February 29, 2024

UPCOMING DMR – Fortnite is currently playtesting a DMR with decent-looking stats (could slightly change)

Damage: 58/61/64/67/70
Builds Damage: 63/67/70/74/77
Headshot Damage: 102/107/112/117/123
Reload Time: 2.8s/…/2.1s
Clip Size: 7
Fire Rate 1.5

Finally, who doesn’t love a sniper – well everybody apart from me who loves a good snipe from distance. Looks like we are getting a new sniper rifle too according to Wenso.

Epic is working on a new Double Barrel type shotgun, most likely for Season 2… and Epic accidentally added it in-game
The mythic version deals 109 damage, has 2 bullets per magazine, a 5.1s reload and a 0.8 fire rate.
(video via @GasSpares)#Fortnite pic.twitter.com/wpfv9UuI7B
— Wenso (@Wensoing) February 25, 2024

All Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2 leaked Battle Pass skins
HYPEX has been busy, also leaking all the Battle Pass skins and lists the following as coming to the game:

Zeus 
Cerberus
Hades
Aphrodite
Poseidon
Medusa (2 Variants?)
Artemis
Ares
Odyssey

Ch5S2 Skins / Battle Pass (in-order) according to teasers #Fortnite
• Zeus (NO SURVEY IMAGE)• Cerberus• Hades• Aphrodite• Poseidon (NO SURVEY IMAGE)• Medusa (2 Variants?)• Artemis• Ares• Odyssey pic.twitter.com/mGxzjRIxGw
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) February 27, 2024

HYPEX did include the caveat, “Designs COULD change in the final versions or some of these could be Item Shop, but these are straight from Epic’s surveys.”, but either way, with no disgusting pun intended, this season is shaping up to Epic when it finally begins.
Featured Image: HYPEX on X
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Facebook and Instagram have reportedly gone down, suggesting a widespread outage affecting the platforms of their parent company, Meta.
Users reported receiving error messages and were subsequently logged out of both the app and the desktop site, preventing the feeds from refreshing.

Has Facebook and Messenger logged you out and then rejects your password?
Don’t panic, you’re not alone, LOADS of people seem to be experiencing this right now.
I guess we just gotta wait and see what the heck this is pic.twitter.com/YiQz17AeXR
— Talha Ali (@TalhaAli781) March 5, 2024

According to Downdetector, there were more than 250,000 reports of outages on Facebook and 45,000 reports on Instagram. WhatsApp had almost 1,000 incidents, and Threads was also encountering some issues.
Reports indicate that the impact has been felt in multiple countries worldwide.
ReadWrite has approached Meta for a comment. The tech giant’s own status page shows that a number of products, including some of the developer tools and business platforms, were experiencing some disruptions.
In a statement on their site, it said: “We are aware of an issue users are having logging into our platforms. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.
“We are currently recovering from an earlier outage affecting the ability to log in to our platforms. Services are in the process of being restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused,” it later updated.
However, some users report that Facebook has resumed its services, while Instagram remains down.
Update: Services definitely seem to be returning for some, but others are still unable to get in with their existing passwords, so it seems things are not quite back to normal.
Meta’s previous outages
It’s not the first time Meta has experienced an outage. In 2019, there was a worldwide disruption where Facebook’s services and servers encountered technical issues, particularly affecting Europe, some parts of the US, and Asia. This occurred just one month following another significant outage.
At the time, Facebook posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) a short statement blaming their issues on a server configuration change. 
Featured image: Pexels
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