Fortnite followers are assured the sport will quickly be getting a mini-season devoted to The Simpsons following the in-game look of Kang and Kodos from the present.
Rumors {that a} Simpsons-themed mini-season is in growth have continued all through this 12 months, and hypothesis has elevated even additional with the sport’s latest Star Wars mini-season being dubbed “Chapter 6: Mini-Season 1.” Fortnite chapters (basically annual eras of the sport) sometimes final 12 months, so followers imagine that mini-Season 2 will probably happen in some unspecified time in the future earlier than the chapter’s anticipated December finish.
And now, as Fortnite begins its massive Halloween celebration, an in-game glider merchandise that includes The Simpsons’ alien duo Kang and Kodos has been noticed, and its description additionally mentions an unique Battle Cross.
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The glider marks the primary time a Simpsons character has appeared in Fortnite, having already collaborated with almost each main Disney-owned property thus far (together with Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar, Avatar characters, and Fox-owned franchises like Household Man).
Kang and Kodos will reportedly be a free quest reward given to gamers within the close to future. Maybe as a teaser for the sport’s upcoming “The Simpsons” extravaganza, and maybe as a nod to the present’s personal annual Halloween extravaganza, “Treehouse of Horror.”
The Simpsons itself not too long ago kicked off its thirty seventh season with an episode by which Marge reminisces concerning the ’90s and Homer displays on the tempo of films accessible on streaming platforms. Initially of the season, The Simpsons co-showrunner Matt Selman stated that the present’s creators did not need the sequence to get any extra buzz, “as a result of the excitement is so chaotic and loopy.”
Fortnite followers have excessive hopes for Fortnite’s upcoming The Simpsons crossover. This crossover seems to be slated to reach throughout the identical year-end interval that beforehand noticed the sport briefly return to the OG Chapter 1 map (2023), adopted by a Snoop Dogg/Eminem remix model of the Chapter 2 map (2024).
May The Simpsons be used as a throwback twist for Fortnite Chapter 3, or are gamers headed for an all-new Springfield-themed map?For now, Fortnite stays busy with its busiest Fortnitemare rollout thus far, that includes collaborations with Wednesday, the Scooby-Doo gang, and even Ghostface from Scream.
However final evening’s reveal of Fortnitemares did not go fully to plan, as rap star Doja Cat broke out with kayfabe for criticizing the put up of a message that referenced intercourse toys and was designed to look as if she had written it.
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