Simply over per week after the Fortnite leaker HYPEX claimed that an upcoming replace would possibly add extra Resident Evil skins, a brand new leak has seemingly confirmed that two of Resident Evil‘s hottest characters are coming to the sport. In response to Hypex, Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield, the protagonists of 1998’s Resident Evil 2 and its 2019 remaster, shall be included as skins in Fortnite‘s Chapter 4 Season 2
Followers of Fortnite have been speculating for some time now that Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 2 would function a collaboration with Resident Evil, and HYPEX has added extra gasoline to the hearth by importing photographs of the Leon and Claire skins to their Twitter web page. Though the pictures are admittedly low-quality, they look like screenshots of Leon and Claire in Fortnite‘s pores and skin choice display.
Whereas Claire’s outfit resembles the one she wears within the remaster of Resident Evil 2, Leon’s is predicated on the character’s look in Resident Evil 4, full with the knife he makes use of to battle his former comrade Jack Krauser. This picture has additionally appeared on the Twitter of ShiinaBR, one other Fortnite leaker who has continuously collaborated with HYPEX.
Thus far, Epic Video games has but to verify or deny HYPEX and SHiinaBR’s claims. Nonetheless, Hypex’s leaks have been correct earlier than. Earlier this week, HYPEX and ShiinaBR claimed that Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 2 could be doing a long-awaited cross-over with Assault on Titan, with a pores and skin of Eren Yeager being included within the Battle Go. Lower than twenty-four hours later, Epic Video games confirmed HYPEX and ShiinaBR’s leak by asserting that an Eren Yeager pores and skin could be accessible within the Battle Go.
Given the historical past of Resident Evil’s collaborations with Fortnite, these leaks aren’t precisely shocking. In 2021, Fortnite launched a set of Resident evil-themed content material, together with character skins of Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, to coincide with the discharge of Resident Evil: Village. Whereas it’s presently unclear when the Leon and Claire skins shall be made accessible, their inclusion would coincide with the March twenty fourth launch date of the long-awaited remake of Resident Evil 4.
– This text was up to date on March eleventh, 2023
