Percy Jackson is coming to Fortnite. The favored sequence, primarily based on the novel by Rick Riordan and obtainable on Disney+, has introduced it will likely be getting its personal Fortnite island on December ninth.
Revealed on stage at CCXP25 in Brazil, “Percy Jackson: Siege of Monsters” lets gamers “play genuine Percy Jackson throughout an island map impressed by Camp Half-Blood. Embark on the adventures of Jackson, an earthly sanctuary and coaching facility for the kids of mortals and Greek gods. As a newly arrived demigod, gamers uncover the true identification of their religious mother and father, achieve new divine powers, and kind an alliance with fellow demigods in a climactic battle towards Scylla and Charybdis.
Gamers will have the ability to meet a wide range of characters from the favored story, together with Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, and Grover Underwood, drawn within the likeness of actors from the streaming sequence, and can have the ability to “full a number of aspect quests” and do different actions “impressed by the primary two seasons of the present.”
I just lately spoke with the present’s stars and producers about bringing fan-favorite tales to Fortnite. Walker Scovell, who performs Percy within the sequence, and co-star Aryan Singhadri (Glover) have been pleading with producers to convey their characters into Fortnite “from day one.”
βIβm excited to be a personality on Fortnite,β Scobel stated. “That is what I would like individuals to name me. If that is the one factor that sticks in my reminiscence, then so be it. Percy Jackson? No, he is the Fortnite man.”
Introducing Fortnite Island at CCXP, sequence government producer and co-showrunner Dan Shotz stated there have been many emotional components to bringing Percy Jackson into the sport. βWe labored instantly with Disney to construct a complete world inside Fortnite,β Shotz stated. “You may meet unimaginable monsters. You may additionally battle the Minotaur, have boss battles with Scylla and Charybdis, and work together with Percy Jackson’s gang. It is fairly epic.”
Dior Goodjohn, who performs Clarice on the present, agreed: “It is actually, actually disgusting. Whenever you’re compelled to play a online game or have a doll made from you, you notice the gravity of what you are doing. It is insane that that is actual life for all of us proper now. It is loopy.”
Percy Jackson creator Rick Riordan says it was vital for him to adapt his story for at present’s youth. “For years, followers have been asking, ‘When is the Percy Jackson immersive recreation popping out?'” Riordan says. “I additionally performed slightly little bit of World of Warcraft once I was youthful, so I get it. I completely get it.”
Leah Sava Jeffries, who performs Annabeth, stated she has performed Fortnite earlier than however plans to play once more now that she and her co-stars are featured within the recreation. βListening to this makes me need to return and play it once more,β Jeffries says. “I have been ready for at the present time for a very long time, and I really feel like that is the second.”
Season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians will probably be obtainable on Disney+ on December tenth.
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