Epic Games' latest collaboration is about to hit the Item Shop, bringing theGears of Waruniverse to its popular battle royale,Fortnite. After teasing the new skins during the Chapter 3 update, Epic Games is adding theGears of Warskins toFortnitetoday.
As part of today’sFortniteItem Shop update,Gears of Warprotagonists Marcus Fenix and Kait Diaz will join the constantly growing roster of collaboration characters. Buying bothGears of Warcharacters will reward players with an exclusive Emergence Hole spray, while they each come with their own variants. Kait includes her Winter Orange variant andFortnitefans playing on Xbox Series X will get access to Marcus' matte black style.
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In addition to the newGears of Warskins, the Item Shop will get the Breaker Mace pickaxe, Thumper pickaxe, Butcher Cleaver pickaxe, Skiff glider, and Knife Tricks emote. As usual, many of these will be purchasable in a bundle for a reduced v-buck price, with this bundle being called the “Emergence Gear Bundle.“Fortniteplayers will also be able to unlock the Crimson Omen spray for free by completing some limited-timeGears of Warchallenges. The new quests can be tracked in theFortnitequest menuand players have until December 17 to complete them for the spray.
Since rolling over to the newFortniteChapter 3 map, Epic Games has been teasing theGears of Warcollaboration in the new map. Alongside theGears of Warhints, there are also hints towards Green Goblin, Miles Morales, and a newX-Mencharacter.Fortnitefans can spot theGears of Warlogo featuring a skull within a cog at Logjam Lumberyard, while the Marvel-related teasers are found in theSpider-Man-themed Daily Buglepoint-of-interest.
Epic Games has a history withGears of War, being the original developer behind the franchise before The Coalition took over withGears of War 4. Epic Games quickly went on to releaseFortniteand it has primarily focused on the battle royale since. On top of this latestGears of Warcollaboration,Fortnitehas received characters from theGod of War,Street Fighter, andTomb Raiderfranchises.
Gears of Waris known for being an Xbox exclusive, butFortnitehas already offered another Xbox hero in the past.Halo’s Master Chiefwas among Chapter 2’s big collaboration skins and it looks like theGears of Warcharacters further solidify Epic Games' connection to Xbox. Considering Xbox Series X players get matte black Master Chief and Marcus Fenix variants inFortnite, future Xbox characters added to the battle royale may follow the same trend.
Fortniteis available right now for Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
