Fortnite assembled its greatest solid ever for a Halloween crossover in time for the sport’s newest Fortnitemares celebration, together with Addams on Wednesday, however the occasion’s announcement received off to a rocky begin final evening with a social media uproar involving rap star Doja Cat and references to intercourse toys.
A few of this yr’s spooky pranks focus on Doja Cat, a musician and self-proclaimed Fortnite fan. Doja Cat just lately appeared on The Tonight Present with Jimmy Fallon and formally revealed her in-game alter ego, Mom of Thorns, who can even be the boss character throughout the occasion.
Final evening, Fortnite hosted a short-lived Doja Cat “takeover” of the X account, earlier than the above trailer was launched. Nonetheless, that concept was rapidly thrown into disarray when “Doja Cat” appeared to publish a reference to “Rose Toys” (vibrating intercourse toys) through her Fortnite account.
Return to Doja Cat precise In keeping with the X account, the rapper broke the fourth wall and stated that every one of his Fortnite posts had been pre-planned and that he informed Epic Video games to not point out intercourse toys. “I am embarrassingly cringing proper now,” Doja Cat wrote, adopted by a wilted rose emoji. Fortnite rapidly deleted the publish that referenced the “rose toy.” Doja Cat has since deleted all messages mentioning the incident.
Some onlookers have prompt that all the incident, together with Doja Cat’s all the time awkward fourth wall break, was deliberate. However that concept appears to rely upon Fortnite itself being snug posting about intercourse toys on social media accounts adopted by thousands and thousands of younger followers, which appears unlikely.
After all, you may also get the Doja Cat pores and skin from the Fortnite store, together with different well-known faces. These embody (deep breath): Wednesday Addams, Jason Voorhees, Scooby-Doo (in addition to Shaggy, Velma, Daphne, and Fred), Glover the Black Telephone, Artwork the Clown the Terrifier, Ghostface, and extra.
Characters from Poppy’s Playtime and REPO are additionally coming quickly, including to Fortnite’s checklist of horror-themed recreation collaborations. As for Fortnite itself, its new spooky gameplay extends past the sport’s essential Battle Royale and Zero Construct modes. Tomorrow, October tenth, a brand new reloaded map, Nytemea Island, will debut, that includes a Halloween-themed city and a looming fortress.
This yr’s Fortnitemares will run till November 1st, following the sport’s large KPop Demon Hunters collaboration. Along with proudly owning Rumi, Mira, and Zoe as new skins, HUNTR/X can also be the star of its personal in-game PVE mode, Demon Rush, and numerous KPop Demon Hunters objects at the moment are out there within the core battle royale gameplay.
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