Among the amount of success that Fortnite has brought in and more with its battle royale live-service, it is questionable what more can Epic Games do to offer for its users. While the free-to-play continues to roll out more in-game items to purchase – the most recently being Peter Griffin & Solid Snake – what is a new direction for Fortnite?
Well, collab game modes, of course. This past week, it Epic Games welcomed new game modes that arrived to Fortnite offering three new experiences outside of just battle royale. The most notable is Lego Fortnite: a Minecraft-like experience with free range for players to explore and build. Additionally, Rocket Racing & Fortnite Festival were also added thanks to its acquisitions of Psyonix & Harmonix previously.
And although Epic Games did feature prior game modes in the past for a limited time, these new game modes are here to stay, it confirms via a post on X.
Howdy, friends 🤠 seeing some chatter around our newly launched games and people worried that they may not stick around. To clarify: these are brand new games entirely—not LTM’s.
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) December 11, 2023
Fear not! @LEGOFortnite, @RocketRacing, and @FNFestival are here to stay – with regular updates.
Even more, these game modes are to continue facing regular updates as well. This comes as a surprise with other beloved modes only to be pulled after a certain amount of time. What’s more is that the firm did hint at this recently. In a blog post from Psyonix, it is confirmed that development is aiming to offer support for instruments – likely Rock Band props. This could even segue to a resurgence of accessories now for the new mode.
For those interested in exploring these new modes, Rectify Gaming offers a tutorial on how to obtain a new ‘Explorer Emilie Style’ in celebration of Lego Fortnite which you can use in the regular battle royale. You can read the full report by heading here.
What game mode of the three has your attention in Fortnite?
Lego Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival are available now for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC.