The British are coming. Particularly, IGN can solely reveal that motion man Jason Statham – star of Lock, Inventory and Two Smoking Barrels, Hobbs and Shaw and The Meg – is coming to Fortnite at this time. He lent his chiselled jawline and voice to the sport to advertise his new film Shelter as a part of a brand new in-game expertise.
The Stath seems as his character from Shelter, Michael Mason. Within the film Mason is a former murderer who’s pressured to mud off his weapons (aren’t they at all times?) to guard himself and a woman – Jessie – that he rescued from the ocean surrounding the distant Scottish island he calls house. Gamers can combat alongside him on a brand new customized map impressed by the film, taking up waves of enemies so as to shield Jessie. If that wasn’t sufficient, an enormous storm is on the best way, which is definitely fairly correct for the Scottish highlands.
The customized map comes with some extra recreation options to intensify the roguelike expertise the creators are going for, with a mixture of everlasting upgrades, random weapon loadouts and a ‘Rebirth system’ that gives you everlasting buffs for resetting your progress. It is important to say that the weaponry is given out by a canine.
There’ll even be a group event that includes high streamers that may let viewers vote on the particular situations for the matches, like weapon restrictions or inverted controls.
The expertise was created by Sawhorse and Chartis Interactive, with contributions to the design of the map from Fortnite creators like Jayth, the man behind Fortnite’s Zombie Escape Tag.
“It’s been thrilling to mix the roguelike style—one in every of Fortnite’s hottest modes—with a singular movie like Shelter, particularly with Jason Statham concerned,” he stated.
The Shelter expertise is accessible in Fortnite now. “Turn out to be the #shelter. survive the storm. play the official ‘shelter’ fortnite expertise now! island code: 2883-8391-6703. see @jasonstatham in shelter. solely in theaters january 30. get tickets now”
Rachel Weber is the Head of Editorial Growth at IGN and an elder millennial. She’s been knowledgeable nerd since 2006 when she obtained her begin on Official PlayStation Journal within the UK, and has since labored for GamesIndustry.Biz, Rolling Stone and GamesRadar. She loves horror, horror films, horror video games, Purple Useless Redemption 2, and her Love and Deepspace boyfriends.
