Positive, I will say it: In some way, Star Wars returned. Disney has just introduced its interstellar mega-franchise again to Fortnite, and this time it is connecting up with the real-life Galaxy’s Edge theme parks, with the promise of particular rewards for anybody who makes the journey out. Star Wars: Smuggler’s Gambit is a new Fortnite Island that sees you and your folks teaming up for co-op missions throughout the planet of Ord Ryla, the place you may be serving to pirate icon Hondo Ohnaka (of Clone Wars and Rebels fame) as an Outer Rim smuggler.
The additional hook right here, nonetheless, is that the brand new Fortnite Island connects straight to Disney’s newest attraction on the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge parks in Orlando, Florida and Anaheim, California. The Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run experience has your group working collectively to pilot probably the most recognizable ship within the galaxy via a particular mission in collaboration with Ohnaka, with every of you taking over jobs as pilots, gunners, or engineers. Fortnite developer Epic Video games notes that the expertise “was constructed with Unreal Engine,” permitting belongings from it to be simply introduced over to the multiplayer sport.
On the Fortnite facet of issues, you and your crew can likewise assign yourselves as pilots, gunners, or engineers, every with their very own specialist talents. Pilots can scan for threats, gunners name on a droid assistant, and engineers defend their allies with a restorative dome defend. Beginning out within the hub zone of Mersa Veta Station on Ord Ryla, you may deal with a number of missions “to turn into one of many Outer Rim’s most notorious smugglers.”
The quests in query will pit you towards all method of pirates, remnants of the Empire, and different harmful wildlife. Your character will stage up as you full duties, and you will be ready to go to weapon and merchandise distributors as you work together with the three factions which have arrange store in Mersa Veta Station. Anticipate a combination of straight-up fight, goals equivalent to destroying provide caches or recovering stolen cargo, and even a heist on an Imperial vault.
Whereas anybody can try Smuggler’s Gambit in Fortnite, and doing so will earn you a particular loading display screen, those that participate within the real-world side are going to get bonuses on each side. Disney explains that by accepting Hondo Ohnaka’s particular mission via the My Disney Expertise app earlier than the experience, you may be “detected on the attraction” and also will obtain an unique in-game reward, which incorporates the Forsworn Trooper outfit.
The Fortnite Star Wars: Smuggler’s Gambit Island is on the market from right this moment, Sunday August 16, alongside the launch of the Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run attraction on the Galaxy’s Edge parks in Orlando, FL and Anaheim, CA. Disney says the experience “is included at no further value with legitimate theme park admission and is on the market to any visitor who accepts the particular mission.”