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Fortnite is now a Lego Star Wars game, with a whole new world for its survival mode in time for May the FourthSome non-bricky bits have been added to Battle Royale, Rocket Racing and Fortnite Festival, too
Some non-bricky bits have been added to Battle Royale, Rocket Racing and Fortnite Festival, too
Image credit:Epic Games
Image credit:Epic Games
In its continuing quest to become Everything to Everyone,Fortnitehas shapeshifted, The Thing-like, into a new Lego Star Wars game. TheLego Fortnite survival modehas been expanded with a new, permanent Star Wars world, with this weekend - which includes May the Fourth, don’tcha know - also kicking off a new battle pass and bringing additions to every other part of Fortnite: whether you’re playing it as abattle royale shooter(remember that?), racing game or music-rhythm successor toGuitar Hero.
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Thenew Lego Star Wars worldinLego Fortniteis a separate island to your existing map, offering up a Rebel village that you can build, evolve up to level 10 and populate with familiar minifig-ified characters with the galaxy far, far away. You’ll need to defend it from Imperial troops like Stormtroopers, who’ll have their own Imperial-styled camps around the map.
Outside of Lego Fortnite, the rest of the game is also gettingsome Star Wars-themed goodiesin time for Star Wars Day this weekend. Chewbacca (in non-Lego form) will also appear as a hireable NPC at a random Imperial Roadblock during Battle Royale matches, armed with a Wookie bowcaster you’ll be able to find inside chests, too.
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There’ll be some new quests to complete, with the reward of a back bling for doing so - though it’s fairly ugly in my opinion - with the first batch of quests live now and the rest arriving on May 7th. You’ll have until May the Four(teenth) to finish them.
Outside of surviving and shooting, Fortnite’sRock Band-like Festival mode has added the Cantina Band song to the shop, along with a Jam Stage set in the cantina itself. Completing quests in the music mode will get you the Hallikset Guitar, too.
There’s some other gubbins in the shop, as you’d expect - including a drum kit decorated with Imperial helmets and a keytar, plus more car decals that also work over inRocket League. Outfits-wise, Dagobah Luke, Lando Calrissian and the AWR Trooper (I think that’s a TIE pilot?) all show up, with Lego versions to boot. Expect to see the old Star Wars costumes make a return, too.
