News | Fall Guys may get Fortnite content
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout may soon receive content based on Fortnite.
This is evident from recently added code to Fall Guys. The generally reliable FNLeaksAndInfo reports that the code mentions Fortnite, as well as Fortnite characters Peely, Cuddle Team Leaer, Llama, Ripley and Bunny Brawler.
A collaboration between Fortnite and Fall Guys has not yet been officially announced. FNLeaksAndInfo suspects that an announcement may take place around Easter, due to the report from Bunny Brawler.
Fortnite X Fall Guys will be coming in the future!
— Max // Fortnite Leaks (@FNLeaksAndInfo) February 5, 2021
Some new strings were just added to the Fall Guys content system:
fortnite_01 - Llama
fortnite_02 - Cuddle Team Leader
fortnite_03 - Peely
fortnite_04 - Bunny Brawler
fortnite_05 - Ripley#Fortnite
Both games are among the most popular battle royale games at the moment. Both games also regularly have unlockable content based on various other franchises, so the collaboration is not inconceivable.
News | Mode based on The Mandalorian now playable in Fortnite
A special limited-time mode based on the Star Wars series The Mandalorian is available in Fortnite.
The limited-time mode is called Mando’s Bounty and is based on the popular Star Wars series that can be viewed on Disney +.
Players can collect galactic credits alone or in teams by taking out targets on your Bounty Puck – or all other opponents. The first person to earn a certain number of credits and then beat Mando himself wins the match. Each player has three lives. People who finish first can unlock a Beskar Umbrella.
Mando’s Bounty mode is available until next Tuesday afternoon.
News | Nintendo announces special Fortnite edition of the Switch
Nintendo has announced a special Fornite edition of the Switch.
The Fornite bundle includes a special edition of the Switch Dock with several familiar faces from the Fortnite universe depicted on it. In addition to the special version of the dock, the package includes a blue and a yellow Joy-Con.
Owners of the pack will also receive the new Wildcat skin with a choice of two different back blings. Buyers also receive the Fortnite package 2000 V-Bucks, which is equal to twenty euros.
Bloomberg recently reported that the production of the Nintendo Switch will be increased to thirty million copies this fiscal year.
The Nintendo Switch Fortnite bundle will be available in Europe from October 30.
News | New Fortnite season is all about Marvel
The fourth season of Fortnite Chapter 2 was revealed by Epic this morning. Nexus War is all about Marvel.
Earlier this week, the upcoming Marvel theme was already teased, it showed Thor and Galactus. An image with Wolverine was also shown. Several Marvel heroes take on Galactus in the chapter. In addition to the aforementioned heroes, characters such as Iron Man, Storm, Doctor Doom, Groot and She-Hulk are also coming to the game. Wolverine isn’t coming to Fortnite until sometime later this season.
It is not the first time that superheroes have a role in Fornite, the Avengers, Batman, Deadpool and Aquaman have already been guests in the game. However, it is the first time that a complete season revolves around superheroes. In addition to skins for the heroes, adjustments are also made to the game world. For example, players can visit the Marvel Helicarrier. The fourth season will be available later today.
News | Thor is coming to Fortnite's fourth season
The fourth season of Fortnite is coming and Marvel hero Thor appears to be a major part of it.
A short clip with the Fortnite logo featuring Thor was posted in Fortnite’s official Twitter account. The date mentioned is August 27, or next Thursday. On that day Fornite: Chapter 2, Season 4 also begins.
Of course, every season contains a Battle Pass with exclusive skins. Thor may be part of that. Superheroes aren’t new to Fortnite: DC Comics villains like Joker and Poison Ivy were announced last week, and characters like Thanos, Deadpool and Iron Man have already appeared in the game.
Tomorrow, Fortnite will also host a one-day championship called the #FreeFortnite Cup, a tournament that pokes fun at Apple. Fortnite developer Epic Games and Apple are at odds with each other after Apple took the game from iOS, because Epic wanted to let players pay outside of Apple.
News | Fortnite removed from Apple Store and Google Play Store
Apple and Google have removed the popular battle royale game Fortnite from the App Store and Google Play Store. Epic Games has since sued Apple and Google.
Fortnite received an update on iOS and Android yesterday that allows players to bypass the regular way of making in-app purchases. By using ‘Epic Direct Payment’ all earnings go directly to Epic, and no amount is donated to Apple and Google. People who choose Epic Direct Payment therefore receive a twenty percent discount on their V-Bucks.
Yesterday, Apple and later Google decided to remove Fortnite from their digital stores. After all, it is mandatory for companies to transfer thirty percent of their sales to them when they offer their game through the App Store or Google Play Store, and Epic did not do this with this new payment method.
Epic has since sued Apple for “unfair and anti-competitive actions that allow Apple to maintain its monopoly in two billion-dollar industries,” namely, “the App Store and the iOS In-App Payment Processing Market.” Epic states that it is not suing Apple to make money, but to help thousands of other publishers and developers and to break the grip that Apple has on the mobile market. In the meantime, the company would also have sued Google.
News | Epic Games Store will get an achievement system
The Epic Games Store will soon receive achievements.
Epic Games announced this in a tweet. “Certain games on the Epic Games Store may soon show achievements when you unlock them. This is just an early version of the feature and you can expect to see changes. We’ll be sharing more information about the feature in the future.”
Achievements can be unlocked in certain forms on Steam, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, but the Epic Games Store didn’t have them yet. It was therefore a much requested feature among users of the webshop.
Certain games on the Epic Games Store may begin to display achievements as you unlock them.
— Epic Games Store (@EpicGames) July 29, 2020
This is an early version of the feature and you can expect to see changes & adjustments.
We'll have more info to share on achievements in the future, so stay tuned! pic.twitter.com/80dnoLYegV
It is not yet clear when the achievements will become available. Its also not known whether players will retroactively receive achievements for previously played games.
News | First images of Harley Quinn skin for Fortnite have leaked
Thanks to a data miner, the first images of the Harley Quinn skin for Fortnite can be seen. This skin will be for sale in the item shop during the Birds of Prey event.
Harley comes with a default skin and a second style that the player can unlock after a number of challenges have been completed. This includes assignments where players have to finish high in Solos, Duos or Squads, among other things, and cause damage to opponents with her pickaxe.
"HARLEY QUINN BUNDLE" pic.twitter.com/VM0Dr7P2p1
— Lucas7yoshi - Leaks/News (@Lucas7yoshi) February 5, 2020
Fortnite is known for its crossovers. The Birds of Prey event is the next crossover to come to the game. Last month the Fortnite account responded to a photo of the Birds of Prey cast with “See you soon Harley!”. Officially there is no confirmation of the crossover yet, what we do know is that a new event is about to start and thanks to Fortnite insider ShiinaBR that will be on the night of Thursday February 6 to Friday February 7.
News | Rumor: Fortnite may receive Batman items
A number of dataminers have started working on the new v10.31 Fortnite update and have found information from this regarding a possible appearance of a Batman theme in Fortnite.
The dataminers have found information about an explosive Batarang, a Batman Spray, a Batman Grapnel Gun and a Gotham loading screen for Fortnite. There is also a list of different challenges with a Batman theme, by completing these assignments, the player receives the Batman Spray for example.
The Batman game has been hopping on the Epic Games Store for a while. The as yet unannounced game is free to play from September 19 to September 26 as part of their weekly offer of free games. It is not yet known which game it is. The Batman crossover for Fortnite may be dominated by the game that comes to the Epic Games Store. Recently there has also been a crossover between Fortnite and Borderlands to celebrate the launch of Borderlands 3.
If Batman comes to Fortnite, it is possible that this will be announced soon, together with the Batman game that can be played for free from the Epic Game Store from Thursday. There is a chance that more will be shared this week about a possible Batman cameo.
