War never changes, and either does Fortnite's love of a crossover. Thus, Fallout and Fortnite are colliding as the post-apocalyptic RPG heads to the battle royale shooter’s upcoming next season.
The official Fortnite TwiXer account confirmed that Fallout would appear in its Wrecked season - that’s Chapter 5 Season 3, for those keeping count - by sharing an imagine of a Brotherhood of Steel knight in the iconic T-60 power armour looming over some yellow-orange clouds. Accompanying the teaser image were emoji of a winking face and a thumbs-up - a fairly unsubtle reference to Fallout's chirpy Vault Boy mascot.
Meanwhile, Fortnite’s own in-game announcement adds that the crossover will arrive “courtesy of the Brotherhood of Steel” in exactly one week: next Friday, May 24th.
The reveal of the Fallout x Fortnite collab - the latest in a long line of video game crossovers for Epic’s battle royale game after the likes of The Witcher, Metal Gear Solid, God of War and Halo’s Master Chief - comes as it gears up for the next evolution of its map.
As is now standard for Fortnite, its next season was teased by an in-game event. This time, it saw the currently Greek-themed map’s statue of Zeus raise its sword to the sky and summon a pillar of red lightning that crashed onto Pandora’s Box. From there, the lightning ball went skipping over the map before exploding on the horizon, bringing forth dark clouds of a storm crackling with energy while an electric guitar shredded in the background.
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