Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 2, aka Lawless season, begins on Friday, and it is bringing us an early dose of one thing we thought we might have to attend till no less than the autumn for: a brand new Grand Theft Auto. Not actually, after all. Epic isn’t collaborating with Rockstar Video games here–they’re simply including a brand new city location on the map known as Crime Metropolis, and we’ll be spending a lot of our time this season stealing stuff from vaults, armored automobiles, and the prepare, and one another. Yep, seems like GTA to me.

It is amusing timing, provided that the very lengthy awaited Grand Theft Auto 6 appears to be like prefer it may truly come out this yr, a decade and two console generations since GTA 5 launched again in 2013. However even with a correct new GTA title lastly peeking its head above the horizon, Epic beat them to the punch with Lawless season.

Not satisfied by the comparability? Let’s check out the season trailer.

The cinematic half in the beginning places a heavy emphasis on breaking into vaults and stealing stuff, however it’s somewhat totally different than it was in previous heist seasons–in addition to the vaults which are in buildings, we have got armored safety vans, and even the prepare will now be a shifting vault you must blow open and which is defended by turrets. In different phrases: we’ll have some GTA On-line-style missions to do in the midst of our battle royale matches.

However the massive inform, for the needs of the GTA comparability right here, is the tone. Whereas Fortnite loves its heist seasons, they’ve normally been a bit classier about it with extra of an Ocean’s 11 feel–whereas Lawless season is extra grungy and down within the grime the way in which GTA has all the time been. And since it is Fortnite, it does not have any downside matching GTA’s irreverence–these two manufacturers have an identical lack of respect for all the things.

After final summer season’s controversial Wrecked season, the considered one other vehicle-focused season may be somewhat scary for some. However this seems to be a center floor, that means there seems to be a extra measured enhance in emphasis on autos this time–there’s no signal of upgrades or mounted weapons for the autos, for one factor, so you will have to stay your head out the window and shoot your weapons as regular. That mentioned, I truly thought Wrecked season was pleasant, so that you would not hear me complain a few potential new concentrate on automobiles anyway.

Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 2 kicks off on Friday, February 21, and we have got a rundown of all the things we all know to this point in regards to the new season proper right here.