Disney and Epic’s BigFortniteDeal Is Starting With a Lot of Skins, of Course

in the first place this year , when Disney announced that it was teaming up with Epic Games for its latest attempt to drive into video gaming – via a huge investment and plans for amajor quislingism inFortnite – the studio acclaim the news as “ a newfangled universe ” for fan to interact with the many world Disney now owns . And shop , of path , so naturally that ’s exactly where we ’re starting .

annunciate last nighttime during the Disney Horizons panel – which itself got streamedwithinthe game itself , its latest live - event package that allow player avatar merrily do the griddy in a faux stage hall – the first phase of Disney ’s next gaming stair is for the most part a way to carry on advancing itsmyriad crossovers withinFortnite . Disney ’s Josh D’Amaro brought out Disney Animation ’s Jennifer Lee , Pixar ’s Pete Docter , Lucasfilm ’s Dave Filoni , and Marvel ’s Kevin Feige to rally a series of new peel pack for the game rolling out over the rest of the year .

This Fall , skins base on Mr. Incredible , Elastigirl , and Frozone fromtheIncrediblesmovies , as well as a trio of Disney villains – Maleficent , Captain Hook , and Cruella de Vil – will descend to the game , but next week will see the launching of three newStar Warsitems instigate byThe Mandalorian‘s third season : skins of Moff Gideon andIG-11 , and a an animated backpack bling of Grogu in a satchel .

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Arguably , however , it was Marvel that got the big announcement : Fortnite‘s next time of year is entirely Marvel - themed . Titled “ Absolute Doom ” and launching August 16 , its story heart around Doctor Doom coming to the game ’s island to wreak mayhem with the world power of Pandora ’s Box , leading to a cell of Marvel friends and foe – includingBlack Panther‘s Shuri , Cyclops , Colossus , Jubilee , Gwenpool , Emma Frost , Mysterio , and more – as well as Marvel mashups ofFornitecharacters , teaming up to stop him .

Perhaps we should n’t be too surprised that Disney ’s effort with its $ 1.5 billion bet in Epic are starting out passably tentatively . After all , the wad announced back in February did make mention of an “ all - new games universe ” that could perhaps exist withinFortniteakin to the likes of the game’srecently tot up Legoand Rocket Racing modes , and that will take time to develop . Docter , Filoni , and Lee all mentioned that things beyondFortniteskins were in the works ( includinga newMandalorian - themed drive variantfor Galaxy ’s Edge’sSmuggler ’s Runride , made with Epic ’s Unreal Engine ) . So for now , expect more crossovers like this until we really begin to see the power of a fully armed and operational Disney / Epic quislingism .

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