For a day, the desert portion of Fortnite’s island kept getting struck by lightning bolts emanating from a rift in the sky. Nobody knew what it meant — the only thing that seemed clear was that the strikes were getting faster, and that every so often, a new cactus on the map would get destroyed. This evening, it seems that the lightning strikes are done, and they’ve been replaced by something even more mysterious.
Unlike the original rift event, which was broadcasted in advance by developer Epic Games, the end of the lightning phenomenon seemed to happen randomly and with comparatively little fanfare — some people may have missed it. Fortunately, some players managed to capture the climax, and the proverbial fireworks are a sight to…
https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/24/17779836/fortnite-lightning-rift-purple-cube-event