Fortnite Leak Teases Assassin's Creed Valhalla Crossover

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A new rumor claims Assassin's Creed Valhalla protagonist Eivor Varinsdottir will hit the Island in Fortnite sometime soon. Interestingly, fan-favorite Assassin Ezio Auditore joined the Fortnite roster earlier this month, launching with a collection of in-game cosmetics that included Ezio's Hidden Blade pickaxe and the Assassin's Strike emote. This marked the first Assassin's Creed andFortnite crossover, but it wasn't the first time an iconic video game hero dropped onto the Island.

Previously, Epic Games' Fortnite has played host to guest appearances from the likes of God of War's Kratos, Master Chief of Halo fame, and the Tomb Raider herself Lara Croft. Aloy from the Horizon series has joined the fun, too, along with Nathan Drake, Ryu, and Jill Valentine. In 2019, a Borderlands Psycho even managed to leave his mark on the battle royale experience. It would hardly come as a surprise, then, if the next Fortnite crossover were to involve yet another hero from a major video game franchise.

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Reportedly, Assassin's Creed Valhalla lead Eivor Varinsdottir will enter the Item Shop in Fortnite this coming Thursday. This is according to Twitter user NotPalo (via ShiinaBR), citing sources who supposedly have a track record of being correct. Presumably, the canonical female version of the Viking will appear as playable, though there's no word on if users might have the option to assume the role of Eivor's male counterpart. (The singling out of the Varinsdottir name could serve as a giveaway, considering the «dottir» suffix as opposed to «son;» however, because female Eivor constitutes the character's canon identity, even AC Valhalla refers to both