Fortnite now has an unique Star Wars pores and skin obtainable solely to those that go to two Disneyland parks.
The pores and skin, named the Forsworn Trooper, is an unique in-game reward obtainable to guests on the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run expertise at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, or Disney’s Hollywood Studios close to Orlando, Florida.
In the event you’re headed to both of those places within the close to future, then you definately’re in luck! The pores and skin might be yours, thanks to Disney’s more and more shut relationship with Epic Video games (and likewise the linking of your Epic account and Disney Experiences information).
In the event you’re not headed to both of those places within the close to future… nicely, you are sort of unstuck. If it makes you’re feeling higher, although, the Forsworn Trooper pores and skin itself actually is simply a good additional. It has a comparatively easy design, seemingly meant to appear to be scavenged components of Stormtrooper armor, with a cloak hood and goggles. (Is that meant to be Jonesy beneath?)
Nonetheless, for Star Wars followers or Fortnite pores and skin completionists, Epic Video games has simply thrown down the gauntlet to nab what is going to seemingly stay one of many rarest Fortnite skins of all time. (Although possibly not rarer than Rue?)
For individuals who cannot get to Disneyland within the rapid future, Fortnite has a new Star Wars journey to play solo or with pals out of your sofa at residence. Star Wars: Smuggler’s Gambit extends the Smuggler’s Run expertise obtainable in Disney parks, the place guests/gamers are divided up into pilots, gunners and engineers to preserve the Falcon flying.
“It appears to be a intelligent manner to both prolong your theme-park expertise outdoors of Disneyland’s partitions and into your own home, or vice versa,” IGN wrote in our Smuggler’s Gambit hands-on impressions. “Hondo is a actually nice character to anchor this round, and I would love to see Disney do extra to prolong the story of its theme park rides, be they Star Wars or in any other case.”
Fortnite isn’t any stranger to internet hosting Star Wars collaborations, in fact, with frequent crossovers between Epic Video games’ battle royale and the galaxy far, distant to promote Rise of Skywalker, Mandalorian and Grogu, and numerous Disney+ launches. Later this yr, Fortnite’s long-awaited Disney mode is predicted to arrive, following a $1.5 billion funding within the recreation by the Mickey Mouse home again in 2024. Particulars stay underneath wraps, although one report instructed it would characteristic extraction shooter gameplay comparable to Arc Raiders.
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