Eminem, LEGO and a Big Bang: How Fortnite Ushered in a New Era With an Epic Live Event
variety.comKatcy Stephan Everyone’s heard of the Big Bang: the theory that our universe was created by an intense burst that distributed hot, dense energy into the ever-expanding world we know today.
13.8 million years later, another Big Bang is upon us – in the world of Fortnite, that is. On Dec. 2, Epic Games hosted its biggest live event ever, inviting players to participate in its very own Big Bang and create the Fortnite world anew.
In the roughly 11-minute interactive event, viewers watched on as a giant asteroid transferred its energy to the map and catalyzed a cataclysmic explosion.
Players were then thrusted into the worlds of Fortnite’s three new game modes: LEGO Fortnite, Rocket Racing and Fortnite Festival, which all rolled out this week alongside existing modes like Battle Royale and Zero Build. “Fortnite is already much more than a Battle Royale game,” Nate Nanzer, Epic’s VP of global partnerships told Variety after the Big Bang. “We just had our biggest month ever in November: we announced 100 million monthly active users.
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