Fortnite followers are satisfied the sport will quickly characteristic a mini-season devoted to The Simpsons, following the in-game arrival of the present’s Kang and Kodos.
Rumors of a Simpsons-themed mini-season being in improvement have endured all through this yr, with hypothesis additional fuelled by the sport’s latest Star Wars mini-season being labelled as “Chapter 6: Mini-Season 1.” With Fortnite’s Chapters (primarily, the sport’s annual eras) sometimes lasting 12 months, followers consider a Mini-Season 2 is due to this fact probably in some unspecified time in the future earlier than the Chapter’s anticipated finish in December.
And now, as Fortnite kicks off its large Halloween celebrations, an in-game glider merchandise has been noticed that includes The Simpsons’ alien duo Kang and Kodos, with its description even referencing a devoted battle cross.
FORTNITE SIMPSONS GLIDER LEAKED pic.twitter.com/UfWGDw1vrZ
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This glider marks the primary time any character from The Simpsons has appeared in Fortnite, which has to this point already collaborated with just about each main Disney-owned property (together with characters from Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar, Avatar, and fellow Fox-owned franchises reminiscent of Household Man).
Reportedly, Kang and Kodos might be a free quest reward given to gamers within the close to future — probably as a teaser for the sport’s upcoming The Simpsons extravaganza, and maybe a nod to the present’s personal annual Halloween celebrations, Treehouse of Horror.
The Simpsons itself just lately started its thirty seventh season with an episode during which Marge reminisced in regards to the ’90s, whereas Homer mirrored on the tempo of flicks ending up on streaming platforms. Alongside the season’s launch, The Simpsons’ co-showrunner Matt Selman mentioned the present’s creators had no need for the collection to grow to be extra topical “‘trigger the topical is so chaotic and nuts.”
Fortnite followers have large hopes for Fortnite’s potential The Simpsons crossover, which seems to be set to reach throughout the identical year-end interval that beforehand noticed the sport briefly transition again to its OG Chapter 1 map (in 2023) after which a Snoop Dogg/Eminem-remixed model of its Chapter 2 map (in 2024).
May The Simpsons be used as a twist to revisit Fortnite’s Chapter 3 period, or are gamers headed for an all-new map themed round Springfield? For now, Fortnite stays busy rolling out its busiest Fortnitemares ever which options collaborations with Wednesday, the Scooby-Doo gang, plus Ghostface from Scream.
Final evening’s Fortnitemares reveal did not go completely to plan, nevertheless, as rap star Doja Cat broke kayfabe to criticise the posting of a message, designed to look as if it was written by her, that referenced a intercourse toy.
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