Epic Video games is celebrating the launch of Fortnite’s new The Simpsons mini-season, saying that it has welcomed “the biggest variety of new and returning Fortnite gamers since final vacation season.”
Based on public participant information tracked by Fortnite.gg, a peak of two.6 million gamers logged in on each Saturday and Sunday, first to look at the stay occasion introducing Simpsons aliens Kang and Kodos to Fortnite’s battle royale island, and secondly to play within the sport’s new Springfield map when it went on-line.
The stay occasion noticed Fortnite heroes being scooped up by a UFO and transported to Springfield Island, and was a mixture of Fortnite and The Simpsons, full of acquainted places and Easter eggs from the long-running animated collection. Fan response to the brand new season and its extremely detailed map has been optimistic, and Epic Video games appears pleased with the participant numbers.
“In 48 hours, we welcomed probably the most new and returning gamers to Fortnite since final vacation season,” the developer wrote in a social media submit. “The primary Fortnite | The Simpsons quick debuted at #1 on Disney+ within the US at this time. Past Shelbyville…”
Fortnite participant numbers have declined barely this yr as a consequence of intense competitors from Roblox and a collection of battle royale seasons that felt like they weren’t as common with followers as anticipated. In September, throughout the sport’s alien bug season, the sport’s common each day participant depend briefly dropped to round 500,000 gamers, however then rebounded as Fortnite started its annual Halloween celebration.
Final weekend’s 2.6 million participant depend is spectacular, however Fortnite has seen even larger participant spikes in different occasions this yr. On June 7, 5.7 million gamers logged into Demise Star Sabotage, the sport’s stay occasion that served because the Star Wars mini-season finale. Fortnite additionally noticed its participant depend bounce to three.9 million throughout the Superhero season finale on Aug. 2, and to three.3 million when the Daft Punk Expertise launched.
Fortnite’s The Simpsons season will culminate with a giant stay occasion on November twenty ninth, nevertheless it stays to be seen what number of new and returning gamers will stick round for the remainder of the month. That is anticipated to usher within the subsequent huge period for gaming, Chapter 7, which might see a crossover with Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Invoice and presumably the return of Fortnite’s heroic Seven factions.
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