Fortnite is ready to add pet-like beauty “Companions” to its battle royale, a sequence of contemporary leaks recommend. Preliminary designs embrace a vary of canines, in addition to a turtle on a skateboard.
Datamined pictures sourced from yesterday’s new Fortnite season replace present what seems to be a golden retriever, a pair of pugs, a robotic canine primarily based on the sport’s iconic Cuddle Crew Chief, and the aforementioned skateboard-wielding aquatic reptile.
Fortnite followers have been conscious of plans by developer Epic Video games to launch pet-like Companions for a while, primarily based on bits of proof dug up and posted on-line from previous datamines. However at the moment is our first glimpse on the Companions themselves, from what look to be consumer interface icons for them.
If Fortnite having pets sounds acquainted, effectively, that is as a result of the sport technically has them already. Through the early years of Fortnite battle royale, a minimum of, the sport provided “Pets” — animated animals — that you just wore as a “backbling”, or primarily like a rucksack.
Round a dozen or so of these Pets had been launched, often inside battle passes, with later designs turning into barely extra elaborate (a floating mind-controlling alien named Uneven is a private fave, alongside a licensed Child Yoda). However more moderen years have seen Pets left by the wayside, regardless of fan calls for his or her return.
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Now, Epic Video games is believed to be engaged on Companions as a way more developed model of Pets, with the creatures in a position to scamper round in-game close to your participant character. Followers count on that these creatures can be seen to you and your squad of allies, although maybe not to enemy gamers — so there is not any blowing up of your new turtle buddy to be had.
Formally, Epic Video games is but to acknowledge Companions as being in growth, and it is nonetheless unclear if they are going to arrive this season. Every time they do launch, nonetheless, Companions would be the first new beauty kind launched to Fortnite since November 2024, when the sport launched Kicks, higher referred to as sneakers.
Yesterday’s huge Fortnite replace noticed the sport launch a new alien bug-infested season for its primary battle royale portion, whereas Fortnite OG shifted into the beloved season the place Kevin the Dice first appeared. Though, as we beforehand reported, unusual issues are happening in Fortnite OG — the place the timeline seems to be occuring barely otherwise this time.
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