Excellent news, everybody! We’ve bought our first take a look at what Futurama characters truly seem like in Fortnite now that the collab has gone reside within the battle royale shooter. Fry, Bender, and Leela at the moment are accessible within the Merchandise Store as playable outfits. There are additionally some neat variants on these outfits, a brand new gun, and extra.
Fortnite is not any stranger to crossovers from different media universes. Characters from well-loved franchises have lengthy been one of many highlights of the wildly common battle royale. The addition of Futurama, nonetheless, is such an important match that it’s a surprise it hasn’t occurred sooner. Identified for eccentric, absurd, and memorable humor, the spirit of Futurama is more likely to be effectively obtained within the sport, becoming a member of the huge roster of characters from different cartoons, online game sequence, and comics. The replace arrives simply because the present returns from a 10-year absence.
New outfits function Universe 1 alternates, pickaxes, and again bling
Every of the brand new outfits function an in-universe variant, every primarily based on the character’s Universe 1 model, which was launched in Futurama in season 4 with “The Farnsworth Paradox.” Every character additionally receives a novel pickaxe and again bling.
Bender will wield an unbendable girder pickaxe, with Ben Rodríguez as his again bling. Fry will get the alluring hypnotoad as his again bling, together with a large nutcracker pickaxe. And our one-eyed gal Leela will get a stable gold fiddle as her pickaxe with nibbler as her again bling.
The Futurama crossover additionally features a Planet Categorical ship glider and (you knew this was coming) a Zoidberg scuttle emote.
Fortnite can also be including Bender’s shiny metallic raygun as a discoverable weapon from now till model 25.30. You possibly can both discover it randomly on the map or buy it from Bender (who’s now additionally an NPC) on the Pier in Mega Metropolis. As a word: Bender’s shiny metallic raygun received’t be accessible in tournaments.
Unvaulted weapons and new actuality augments
The newest Fortnite replace additionally consists of one other new gun (unrelated to Futurama): the Mammoth Pistol, a single-shot, heavy ammo weapon discovered all through the island. There’s additionally a Pistol Recycle Actuality Increase which provides your pistol photographs an opportunity to fireside at no ammo value. Epic Video games has additionally unvaulted the Determined Actuality Increase, permitting for sooner reloads on an empty magazine.
Scoped weapons can even get a lift with the Scoped Salvo increase, including elevated injury to scoped photographs in change for a decreased hearth price.
Lastly, the Lever Motion Shotgun has been unvaulted, now discoverable throughout the island.
The Futurama and Fortnite crossover replace is accessible in the present day, July 26, 2023.
