It sounds great, but the announcement came with another notice: The standard price of the Battle Royale battle pass (outside of the Crew subscription) will be raised in price from 950 to 1,000 V-bucks.

FORTNITE announced the first-ever price hike of the game’s Battle Pass and some big changes to its Fortnite Crew subscription service. The price of unlocking the game’s Battle Pass for each season

Upcoming price changes as Fortnite increases Battle Pass cost for the first time ever - After the better part of a decade, the cost of a Fortnite Battle Pass is going up in December

The Fortnite Battle Pass receives its first in-game price increase, meaning it will no longer only cost 950 V-Bucks to gain access to it.

Never in Fortnite’s 7 years had Epic Games raised the price of the game’s Battle Royale Battle Pass – until now.

Epic Games’ multiplayer game hub Fortnite is adding a whole lot of value to its Fortnite Crew subscription. The game’s upcoming throwback game mode, Fortnite OG is getting its own unique battle pass – likely with returning Chapter 1 cosmetics – while the regular Battle Royale battle pass is getting its price bumped up from 950 to 1000 V-Bucks.

The battle pass will cost 1,000 V-Bucks from December, but Crew members will now get access to every pass in the game.