Fortnitemares 2024, Fortnite’s annual Halloween occasion, goes reside immediately and can characteristic the return of Horde Rush, a pile of recent quests and rewards, and a number of recognisable, horror-themed outfits hitting the Store.
Horde Rush can be obtainable in the course of this yr’s occasion, and gamers will be capable of full Horde Rush quests and Rocket Racing Nitemares quests for XP that may grant quite a lot of rewards.
Fornitemares 2024 additionally arrives with a brand new chainsaw weapon dubbed the Growth Billy, which can be utilized to carve by enemies (or thrust into the bottom and revved to tug your character ahead at “scary speeds”). Along with this, the Wooden Stake Shotgun, Pumpkin Launcher, and Witch Broom are all returning for this yr’s occasion.
New outfits embrace Billy the Puppet from Noticed, Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Pumpkin King and Sally from The Nightmare Earlier than Christmas, Marvel’s Mephisto, She-Venom, and Agony, plus Cruella de Vil, Maleficent, Captain Hook, Ravemello, and Edward Scissorhands. There can be a chance to unlock the She-Venom and Agony outfits earlier than they arrive within the Store for gamers who participate within the Symbiote Cup.
Fortnitemares 2024, which is able to run till the top of Chapter 5, Season 4, is simply the most recent salvo of content material in Fornite’s quest to soak up and homogenize all popular culture on the planet. Fortnite bulletins up to now… fortnight alone embrace a brand new Quick & Livid car and the arrival of… Shaquille O’Neal.
For what it is price, Fornite has additionally simply launched new time restrict controls which is able to reportedly enable dad and mom to cap the period of time their youngsters play the sport every day.
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