This past weekend, after the latest episode of Peacemaker lifted the lid on a long-simmering twist—that much of the second season had taken place in a riff on DC Comics’ Earth X, a parallel reality where Nazi Germany extended and ultimately won World War II—Epic Games and its perennial crossover platform Fortnite found itself in hot water […]
‘Fortnite’ Ditches ‘Peacemaker’ Emote After the Show’s Big Reveal
This week’s Peacemaker episode ended with a twist fans have been calling for weeks, and now it’s affecting the show’s Fortnite presence. At the end of Thursday’s “Ignorance is Chris,” the 11th Street Kids go to find Chris in the alternate universe he’s been hanging around in. Turns out it’s the Nazi dimension, made clear by Adebayo […]
Darth Jar Jar Rises in Fortnite’s Next Star Wars Event
Disney made a sizable investment into Fortnite last year, but its connection to the popular battle royale is years old. One of the game’s biggest crossovers in its early days was with Star Wars in 2019, wherein it let the dead speak and provided a tie-in for the then-upcoming Rise of Skywalker. Since then, there’s been some […]