Fortniteis no stranger to huge events. Groups likeBTS have debuted music videosand movies like Tenet from Christopher Nolanhave released trailers within the game.A recent live performance from Travis Scott also reportedlygrossed around $20 million for the artist andFortnitedeveloper Epic Games. Last night, however, saw the massively popular battle royale try out a different type of event, one that turned out to be extremely popular.
Closing out theNexus War, a giant season-long crossover between Marvel andFortnite,was a battle against one of the universe’s most fearsome villains, Galactus. The event saw players team up to fly modified Battle Buses through space, fighting off drones on their way into Galactus' mouth, where they were armed to explode ending the season.
The event clearly gained traction withFortnitefans around the globe as, in the limited window that the event was live, it achieved an astonishing 15.3 million concurrent players, with a further 3.4 million watching across YouTube Gaming and Twitch.
This event bought Chapter 2 - Season 4 to a close and after an eight hour period of downtime, Season 5, titledZero Pointbegan.
The new season brings together “the best hunters from around the galaxy” which include a range of original characters including Menace and Mancake, who is literally a stack of pancakes, as well as a couple of familiar faces. As part of the new Battle Pass, players will be able to unlock Mando, from the hit TV seriesThe Mandalorian, as a skin, as well as a Baby Yoda Back Bling.
Alongside the new skins, a range of new Season 5 locations are teased, with an officialblog postsaying:
“BATTLE FOR HONOR IN AN ANCIENT ARENA, SHARPEN YOUR SURVIVAL SKILLS IN THE JUNGLE, AND EXPLORE THE SHIFTING CRYSTALLINE SANDS FLOWING FROM THE EXPOSED ZERO POINT.”
Fortniteis free to download on theNintendo Switch,PC,PS4,PS5,Xbox OneandXbox Series S and Series X, withsignificant upgrades to the game now availableon both Microsoft’s and Sony’s new consoles.
