The heavy shotgun is coming to Fortnite today. It is one of most talked-about weapons in the community. Most recently, we were blessed with the remote explosives. This time around, there is the heavy shotgun which will be released anytime soon.

This has been yet another effort that Fortnite developers have put in in order to balance the game. Sticky bombs and the shotgun being the latest additions following the removal of SMG and smoke grenades from the game.

However, it is not like the SMG, and smoke grenades are gone for good. According to Epic games, they are “placed in the vault” and might return later. The release of the Heavy Shotgun comes along with the week 5 challenges which will give out tasks that allow you to earn more XP and Battle Stars.

The remaining week challenges will be live until Season 3 ends, so in case you still haven’t found the forbidden dance locations or the ice cream trucks, then now is your time to do so.

The Heavy Shotgun releases tomorrow, March 22 at 8am ET (12:00 GMT). There will be no downtime and no update required. pic.twitter.com/INh3zByKDo — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) March 22, 2018

The addition of the Gold Shotgun is sure to bring in a lot of firepower and close range fights to the game. Shotgun being one of the few guns to deliver One-Shot kills has been super famous in Fortnite. And while this seems like a big change to the meta, Fortnite devs have somehow managed to keep the game balanced even after being so aggressive with the addition and removal of items from the game.

Check out the new Shotgun in Fortnite as it is expected to hit the game anytime soon.