Eminem Confirmed for Fortnite as Epic Video games Shares First Look

Replace 22/11/2023: Epic Video games has confirmed Eminem, the rapper Eminem, will carry out in Fortnite for its Massive Bang occasion, and that gamers should purchase skins to turn out to be Slim Shady themselves.

An replace to the Massive Bang announcement put up revealed a primary have a look at these skins, and Epic confirmed they are going to be out there on November 27 at 4pm Pacific / 7pm Jap / 12midnight UK.

? calling all grandmas 12.2 pic.twitter.com/5WhalpnOEW

— Marshall Mathers (@Eminem) November 21, 2023

Three totally different outfits shall be out there: Rap Boy, which recreates Eminem’s superhero persona from the With out Me music video; Marshall By no means Extra, which sees the rapper don a go well with; and Slim Shady, which is maybe closest to Eminem’s good outdated days upon the discharge of the Slim Shady and Marshall Mathers LPs.

Those that personal the Marshall By no means Extra pores and skin and watch the Massive Bang occasion on December 2 may also unlock a variant known as Marshall Magma, that turns the rapper’s eyes black and yellow and provides some pink sizzling marks throughout his face.

Unique Article 21/11/2023: Epic Video games has promised an “unforgettable” Massive Bang occasion will happen in Fortnite on December 2, most likely starring Eminem.

A Fortnite weblog put up revealed the occasion will start at 11am Pacific / 2pm Jap / 7pm UK, although the expertise shall be out there within the Battle Royale tile in Uncover half-hour prior. It helps events of as much as 4 gamers and comes with a photosensitivity and seizures warning because of flashing lights.

The Massive Bang occasion shall be “evolving all issues as you realize them” in response to a put up on X/Twitter (under) and can function a “memorable reveal towards the top”. That is probably the transition into a brand new Chapter as Fortnite’s OG Replace, which noticed the very best participant numbers of all time, is changed by one thing new.

✅ Unforgettable occasion
✅ Evolving all issues as you realize them
✅ Memorable reveal towards the top

December 2, 2023. 2pm ET. pic.twitter.com/xAhMKtmwiG

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) November 21, 2023

Eminem will probably function too, in response to a leak that surfaced forward of the Massive Bang occasion announcement, as revealed by HypeX on X/Twitter. Slim Shady will seemingly seem as a pores and skin, however since Epic Video games likes to have music stars put digital live shows on inside Fortnite, a efficiency from the rapper can be on the playing cards.

The Massive Bang occasion could have rather a lot to show given the recognition of the present OG Replace, which noticed 44.7 million gamers go online in a single day in what Epic Video games described as “the largest day in Fortnite’s historical past”.

It’ll additionally comply with a wave of controversy as Epic Video games applied then disabled age restricted cosmetics, with gamers criticising it as one of many “worst updates” in Fortnite historical past.

Picture Credit score: Epic Video games

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.