If you’re on Fortnite Twitter today, you’re probably going to see nothing but chaotic tweets as the first thing. A super-reliable source, ShiinaBR, just made a post that revealed a great surprise and has the whole community, especially the confused ones, buzzing, arguing, and honestly even a little perplexed. The claim? The lighting from the original OG Fortnite is returning. But not until January 2026. That’s right, 2026. And the proof along with before-and-after images has been revealed, and everybody is asking for their sides to be chosen.
Let’s have a quick recap for the algorithm and the ones who just woke up: ShiinaBR, one of the top Fortnite leakers, tweeted that the lighting at the game’s premiere is scheduled to return in January 2026. The accompanying image showed the lighting of today next to the anticipated OG style. The reaction from the gamers was sharply divided, leading to the discussion of graphics, UI, movement and even if this was a good idea.
Now the tweet is pretty much to the point. “OG LIGHTING RETURNS IN JANUARY 2026” a basic “BEFORE / AFTER” caption on an image. But the responses? Wow, the responses are the ones that are the real competition at the moment. They are like one big battlefield with scattered thoughts.
At first, some people just couldn’t believe it. User ‘roubon’ gave the simplest of comments, “It looks gorgeous.” Another user ‘issNizz’ was a little more dived into the subject and said, “Before looks visually appealing more I kinda like it more but OG fills that kinda something that’s missing so I like it too.” Pretty much everyone is like this—their main idea is that previously the light had something like a magnetism, a rather tingly aura that the new one, though of much higher quality, seemed to have lost. It is that nostalgic filter once again, you know?
On the contrary, the other side is there. User ‘discminute’ was too upfront, giving the answer straight away, “Looks terrible -_-“. Someone ‘kxnxke’ responded to him, “Before lowk looks better much more vibrant.” So it’s pretty clear that a bunch of gamers think the current look is far superior to the brighter more colorful one and they believe that going back to the old look is a visual step backward.
And then it gets heated from there…At least that’s the case for these players who regard lighting as only one of the OG clues. Almost immediately, the replies shifted to other classic demands. ‘arcanesil’ said, “gimme the OG UI and its perfect.” ‘BucksFa60667598’ agreed with that and added, “We need og ui next.” And ‘satuurnvfx’ asked the question that many were wondering: “can we get og movement animations thoo??”
Movement was the subject of a mini argument that arose due to the lighting situation. User ‘mosgantic’ was really into it, trying to persuade everyone that the current movement is buggy and returning is the only right thing to do. But ‘FuzzyRecluse312’ was tough and countered, “Y’all need to mature and realize that change is inevitable. This whole OG movement is nonsense. No one with half a brain wants to move like glitchy bots. Stop whining.” Oops. Even ‘SpacebearNitr0h’ wanted to point out that the old movement “wasn’t buggy ash too” and that implied neither version is the perfect one.
Then the topic of UI entered the conversation as well. In a reply thread, ‘SamYShade’ was very harsh on the current one, saying that it “looks like a fking AI mobile game UI it’s genuinely terrible and took away the cartoony aesthetic that Fortnite had.” So, for some, it is not just the lighting issue—it is the entire aesthetics package; the whole feeling of the old game vs. the new one.
Also, there is a sense of…weariness? Like, how long have they been asking for this? ‘immrnugsYT’ said, “They finally heeded our pleas! It took them 2 years!” To which ‘reallawyerjoe’ replied, “It should’ve been from day 1💔.” And ‘NKhamarji3353’ was trying to be the reasonable one by saying, “At least they are trying harder now bro just be grateful.” It is this never-ending cycle of demand, delayed action, and then debate over whether the effort was sufficient or too late.
One of the responses that was most shocking came from ‘ljkfsgjsoghjw’, who was like, “Why can’t they actually make a separate OG Fortnite battle royale game?” This is a big question that comes up very frequently. Would it be better to gradually re-introduce these features on PlayStation and Xbox?
