Epic Games has announced three new contents in the battle royale “Fortnite” for PlayStation 5/PlayStation 4/Xbox Series X|S/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch/Android/PC: “LEGO Fortnite”, “Rocket Racing”, Added “Festival”.
All three contents can be played within Fortnite, and can be played immediately by selecting them from the lobby screen. In order to experience these as early as possible, GAME Watch participated in a media event held in New York, USA, and posted a play report.
In this article, we will summarize the play reports of “LEGO Fortnite”, “Rocket Racing”, and “Fortnite Festival” that have been posted so far, as well as provide information on the events. We will introduce the “giant llama” that appeared at the event venue and comments from Epic Games representative Adam Sussman. Please see the play report for each content below.
“Giant llamas” also appear in New York, USA! Fortnite is a platform where you can enjoy it with friends
This “LEGO Fortnite”, “Rocket Racing”, and “Fortnite Festival” preview event was held in New York, USA in early December. As “Fortnite”‘s first real event for the media, media from not only the United States but also from all over the world participated in this event.
At the event venue, a huge object of “Llama” that appears in “Fortnite” will appear. This giant llama is made of Lego, is 3.7m tall, weighs about 1 ton, and contains over 230,000 bricks. The giant llama that was installed at the venue will be moved to Rockefeller Center in New York, and the same one will be installed at Shibuya Stream in Tokyo until today, December 10th, so if you are interested, please check it out. is.
At the event, Epic Games representative Adam Sussman took to the stage and introduced the current Fortnite and the three new contents that will be released this time. Fortnite has celebrated its 6th anniversary, and the number of active users is still increasing, reaching 100 million active users in November. In addition, this content uses the “Unreal Engine” developed by Epic Games, and it was revealed that “Fortnite” will evolve not only as a battle royale game but also as a platform where you can have fun with friends. .
Additionally, Julia Goldin from LEGO Group, with whom we have a partnership, will be on stage. Regarding the reason she teamed up with Epic Games, she said, “We share the same stance of expanding the possibilities of users’ creativity and imagination,” and “Unreal Engine 5” can support that possibility. commented. In fact, on the screen during her presentation, dinosaurs built with Lego and Lego dinosaurs recreated using Unreal Engine were displayed side by side, demonstrating that it is possible to recreate the Lego world to a comparable level.
Adam Sussman, CEO of Epic Games, and Julia Goldin of LEGO Group, who spoke at the event.On the left is a dinosaur made of LEGO, and on the right is a LEGO dinosaur recreated in Unreal Engine.
Additionally, we had the opportunity to hear comments from Saxs Persson, Executive Vice President of Epic Games, at the event venue. Regarding the reason for the recent resurgence of popularity of “Fortnite”, he said, “Fortnite has remained popular for a long time,” but said that many players who played it when it was first released and then left the game played the “season” held in November. He said it was because “ORIGIN” reminded him of “the fun of Fortnite.”
He also commented that by releasing three new pieces of content at this timing, people will learn about the appeal of “Fortnite,” which allows players to have a variety of experiences beyond just shooting.
In addition, when asked how they plan to acquire users in the future, they answered, “I think players of various tastes and age groups will play Fortnite” with this content, and “Fortnite” He said that it will be able to attract users who have left Fortnite as well as new users who are playing Fortnite.
Epic Games Executive Vice President Saxs Persson (right) and Harmonix’s Alex Rigopulos (left)
All of the content added this time is of a quality that could be sold as a separate title or paid DLC. The reason that these can be played within “Fortnite” is probably because Epic Games is aiming to make “Fortnite” a platform. It is very convenient for users to be able to play a variety of games without actually having to install anything, and it seems easy to play with friends.
Three new contents: “LEGO Fortnite”, “ROcket Racing”, and “Fortnite Festival”. I would like you to try playing it together with the battle royale “Fortnite”.
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