And earlier this year, Fornite will have new in-game content related to the names of well-known soccer clubs in the world, from Europe, the United States, Australia to Brazil. Like Manchester City FC, AC Milan, to Juventus.
Epic Games has teamed up with some of the biggest soccer clubs in the world for their newest skin set on Fortnite. The developers launched a new "kickoff set," which allowed players to swap 23 different kits.
Quoted from Engadget, in addition to skin, Fortnite also received a new emote based on Pelé's iconic aerial shot celebration. Both the skins and emotes will go on sale on January 23rd, but players can also own them early and for free, by entering the Fortnite "Pelé Cup" tournament on January 20th.
Epic Games also introduces a new football-themed game mode, in creative Fortnite mode.
“Players will use bodies, pickaxes, power-ups, speed boosters and more to try to beat their opponents and emerge victorious in this 4v4 style game mode. Each game has two innings, with the winner advancing to face off and the other team and fighting for 3rd and 4th place in the other match, ”Epic Games wrote.
This isn't the first time Fortnite has collaborated with sports in the real world. In 2018, the game introduced a range of NFL skins.
As for the 23 soccer clubs whose kits appear in the game Fortnite among others:
- Manchester City FC
- Juventus
- AC Milan
- Inter Milan
- AS Roma
- Seattle Sounders FC
- Atlanta United FC
- Los Angeles FC
- Santos FC
- Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
- West Ham United FC
- Sevilla FC
- Sporting CP
- Borussia Mönchengladbach
- FC Schalke 04
- VFL Wolfsburg
- Rangers FC
- Celtic FC
- Cerezo Osaka
- Melbourne City FC
- Sydney FC
- Western Sydney Wanderers
- EC Bahia
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