Fortnite and Lego kick off "long term partnership" with new survival crafting game
Dec. 2, 2023You can play LEGO Fortnite starting December 7
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There are few things on this planet that collect more intergenerational goodwill than hard plastic Lego bricks andEpic Games’ battle royale Fortnite. While one is tactile and the other more tactical, colorful Legos and Fortnite both look like they’ve dabbled in clown face paint, they benefit from near-constant updates, and they can sometimes beexpensivepastimes. So when Lego teased a collaboration with Fortniteearlier this year, it made perfect sense. Now, we’ll get to witness the harmony of the marriage in a new survival crafting game, Lego Fortnite, the toy company announced.
It’s not the physical Fortnite Lego set some fans are yearning for - at the moment, Lego has only a few sets based on video games, including one forSonic the Hedgehog,and, more recently,Animal Crossing,but none for Fortnite. Though, Lego Fortnite might be enough to hold them over.“Within Lego Fortnite,” a press release said, “players can explore vast, open worlds where the magic of Lego building and Fortnite collide. Designed for people of all ages to enjoy together, the game will encourage creativity, experimentation, and collaboration through play.“Lego Fortnitewill be available to play inside Fortnite’s main game.
The news was announced following today’s Big Bang event in Fortnite, which closed out Chapter 4 and set the stage for Chapter 5 with an apocalyptic dimension-hopping spectacle. Among the vignettes in the event was an apparent preview of the Lego game, which featured teases of extensive crafting systems and combat against what looked like NPC enemies.
“Together [Lego and Fortnite] will build positive digital play experiences that enable young players to become the creators of tomorrow,” continued Lego’s most recent press release. “Lego Fortnite will be the first play experience to come from our long term partnership with Epic Games to develop fun and safe digital spaces for children and families.” The game comes to Fortnite on December 7.
But there are already so many Legos out there to play with. Why not start with 10 of thebest Lego games?
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Ashley Bardhan is a critic from New York who covers gaming, culture, and other things people like. She previously wrote Inverse’s award-winning Inverse Daily newsletter. Then, as a Kotaku staff writer and Destructoid columnist, she covered horror and women in video games. Her arts writing has appeared in a myriad of other publications, including Pitchfork, Gawker, and Vulture.
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