It's too tired to Run Fortnite! Employees of Epic Games are having a Two-Week Summer Holiday

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Epic Games has released a new statement on its official blog, Fortnite, saying it will give the studio a "summer break" that will last two weeks from June 24 to July 8. Epic's office will be closed during this time, and no official Fortnite contest will be held, but there will still be several updates to the game.

"Following this week, the Epic office will be closed between June 24 – July 8. During that time, we will not have any official Fortnite Competitive Tournaments running. When we come back, our next prized tournament will be a Trios tournament on July 13th & 14th. We will still have two content updates over these weeks and you’ll be able to get all the details in the patch notes as normal."

Ever since Fortnite Battle Royale entered popular culture, the game has been known for adding updates, while the studio has been known for the amount of work required to design, release and fix them. 

While the company has traditionally given workers two weeks off over the holiday season, but this year, for the first time, Epic Games will be taking a second break during the summer, too. Epic Games gives employees some much-needed rest and relaxation after two years of reportedly hard work.

Oddly, Fortnite itself does not rest, even when employees are not working. Fortnite will continue to be updated when offices are closed. Epic didn't say what those measures were or what content Fortnite would receive while the studio was shut down.

The decision comes after a wide discussion in the industry around crunch that the move to "game as a service" could add to the work pressure on some game developers. While Fortnite is forcing its developers to pause games to offset the high demands of constant updates, Respawn entertainment, creator of Apex Legends, is trying to come up with new content "with an emphasis on quality," rather than "novelty, speed or release." Respawn says the idea is to help employees avoid "burnout or worse."

Local North Carolina news station WRAL notes that Epic Games employs about 1,000 people worldwide, and is currently looking to hire some 200 more in roles across the company, from programming to art design.

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