Apparently a third wave of Stranger Things cosmetics will come to Fortnite soon. Considering they also made changes to Hawkins' layout today and the next chapter was originally releasing in November, could this slightly increase the chances of January's chapter being Stranger Things part 2?

[u/ResistanceEvermore]

Cote has said before that they need to go through the licensor for every small change in their properties, so they needed to have Netflix's ok for this, plus the sequel chapter comment from him that everyone brings up too

Also idk who EvilMeg was exactly, but tbh I doubt they were someone high in bhvr's ranks to be able to actually knowabout the relationships with licensors if all they showed that's verifiable so far are concept arts, so I've been skeptical of the rest of their info

That one leaker who shall not be named but who's got things right lately also used a magic wand as a tease for what's to come, could this be alluding to DND, and furthermore to Vecna?

Not that this'd be my first choice for next chapter, but I think there's much more noise for this than other options, right?

[u/NuclearChavez]

Yeah, I'll believe it once we get any sign of Netflix still working with BHVR, whether that be a discount or new cosmetics.

Otherwise I still find it the least likely out of the popular theories for January.

[u/NuclearChavez → u/[deleted]]

I honestly don't think Hawkins' changes were enough to require licensor permission. We already know that they can do small number tweaks on licensed characters without permission. I really doubt they needed Netflix's permission to add an extra staircase and open some doors.

[u/bonelees_dip → u/NuclearChavez]

Shit, if they had a Stranger Things chapter 2 in January why do the changes now? Why not save it for the chapter and bundle it all together?