Fortnite’s deliberate Disney universe has moved to a ‘steady’ construct, in accordance with a distinguished Fortnite insider.
HypeX, who often leaks Fortnite data, famous on X that the ‘Disney Collab’ deliberate for Fortnite had simply moved right into a “steady construct/department”.
Whereas this doesn’t pinpoint precisely how lengthy it’ll be earlier than the brand new universe is launched – there’s no set rule for when a growth roadmap reaches the creation of the primary steady construct – it does counsel that growth is continuous on the seemingly main collaboration.
In February 2024, Disney introduced that it was investing $1.5 billion to amass an fairness stake in Epic Video games, and that as a part of this the 2 corporations could be partnering to create an “all-new video games and leisure universe” related to Fortnite.
A teaser trailer for the brand new universe confirmed what seems to be a big world divided into smaller islands, every with a unique theme primarily based on numerous Disney properties.
This features a central Disney Fortress space main out to separate islands, seemingly populated with sights primarily based on Wreck-it Ralph, A Nightmare Earlier than Christmas, Monsters College, Iron Man, Star Wars, Disney Cruise Line and numerous different ESPN, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Pixar and twentieth Century Fox IPs.
Powered by Epic’s Unreal Engine and launching “quickly(ish)”, in accordance with the trailer, the brand new universe will let customers create their very own tales and experiences and share content material with one another, in accordance with Disney.
“Our thrilling new relationship with Epic Video games will deliver collectively Disney’s beloved manufacturers and franchises with the massively standard Fortnite in a transformational new video games and leisure universe,” Disney CEO Bob Iger mentioned final yr.
“This marks Disney’s greatest entry ever into the world of video games and provides important alternatives for development and enlargement. We are able to’t await followers to expertise the Disney tales and worlds they love in groundbreaking new methods.”
Disney has collaborated with Epic quite a few occasions in Fortnite because the recreation began that includes visitor character ‘outfits’ (skins) in 2017.
Disney characters who’ve appeared as outfits in Fortnite have included Indiana Jones, Jack Skellington, Baymax, the Incredibles, Maleficent, Captain Hook, Cruella de Vil and all kinds of Marvel and Star Wars characters.
