Half-game, half-meme "Fortnite" is getting a new addition, as the newest update will introduce customizable World Cup skins. Players of the Battle Royale-style game will be able to wear their favorite team's kits, down to the number. "Fortnite" tends to stay up with current events, so it isn't surprising they're adding an update with the biggest tournament in the world. It's unknown as of now which teams got skins, or even if all of them did. Licensing could play a part in that. The skins aren't all that they've added, either. Users also noticed that a landing spot was replaced with a World Cup stadium, allowing players to "take the field" so to speak. There's even a juggling emote. "Fortnite" is known to keep its finger on the pulse of pop culture. It utterly broke the game with a Thanos update when "Infinity War" came out. So it would have been shocking if they would have just let the World Cup pass by. Don't be surprised to see someone have a "Fortnite" celebration at this year's World Cup. The love between the game and the sport is clearly mutual.<doc-sep>Epic Games The World Cup kicked off this week, and if you were wondering whether Fortnite was going to get in on the action, wonder no more! The company's strategy of monetizing its free-to-play battle royale game by enticing you to splash out on skins, emotes and dances has already paid off fabulously for its developer Epic Games, so it's inevitable it would get in on the world's biggest sporting event. To celebrate the World Cup, Epic has dropped a huge stadium on the game's map, added six themed skins with jerseys for both men and women characters, and added new weekly challenges to score goals on any of the island's many soccer fields. Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET To root for your favorite team, you can buy one of the six soccer skins, then you can edit the style to represent any country you want. You can also change the number on your jersey to mirror your favorite player. There are soccer themed items, too, like a glider with with a soccer ball design and pick axes with a golden boot or a Vuvuzela (those irritating plastic horns). GIF by Jason Parker/CNET Each of the soccer player skins will cost you 1,200 VBucks, which works out to about $12, £9.60 or AU$18. The Glider, Vuvuzela and soccer boot pick axes will run you 500 VBucks ($5), while the red card emote is only 200 VBucks ($2). E3 2018 coverage at GameSpot: Wall-to-wall coverage of the show from our sister site, GameSpot. E3 2018 coverage at Giant Bomb: More commentary and news from E3, from our colleagues at Giant Bomb.<doc-sep>Fortnite Football: All three football pitch locations REVEALED FREE for the biggest new releases, reviews and tech hacks SUBSCRIBE Invalid email Sign up forfor the biggest new releases, reviews and tech hacks When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Fortnite fans are well into the World Cup mood this week as they battle their way through 100 enemies dressed as their favourite football players. The World Cup 2018 kicked off yesterday afternoon as Russia demolished Saudia Arabia in a 5-0 drubbing, but Fortnite fans were honouring the global football tournament in their own way. Epic Games released several World Cup-themed skins this week, allowing players to customise their look and change their shirt number and country. The skins arrive in time for several World Cup-related content inclusions from Epic Games, including three large football stadiums in the placid nth map to help players complete the Week 7 challenges. How do you change the number and country on your World Cup skin? Epic Games has previously added customisable skins to the game before, with players able to change certain aspects of the Carbide and Omega skins and the newly introduced Visitor skin. To get the Russia World Cup skins, players need to head over to the store and purchase the skins they want with V-Bucks. There are six different World Cup skins to chose from, three male and three female. All 6 Fortnite World Cup skins are relatively similar, changing only slightly in colour and pattern. Pick your favourite and head over to the locker page and select ‘Outfits’. Fortnite skins: How to change number and country on your World Cup skin Fortnite update 4.4: Leaked skins reveal World Cup outfits for Battle Royale Sun, June 10, 2018 Fortnite update 4.4 files have revealed leaked World Cup Battle Royale skins. Here are the outfits you can get as well as back bling and axes Play slideshow TWITTER TWO EPIC BUDDIES 1 of 29 Fortnite update 4.4 leaked skins, back bling and axes Scroll down to the World Cup skin in your Outfits collection and a new icon will appear saying “Edit Style”. This new menu will allow you to change certain aspects of the skin, making it personal and unique to you. All 32 nations taking part in the Russia World Cup 2018 will be available for players to chose from, changing the badge of the football shirt. Epic Games have not secured rights to represent the official FIFA football jersey, but players can cosplay as their favourite players from the favourite nations in the World Cup. One addition to the World Cup nations has Fortnite registered as a country, allowing players to represent the game on their World Cup shirt. On top of the nation, players can also change the number shown on the back of the football shirt to transform your character into your favourite player. There are six versions of the Fortnite World Cup skins Season 4, Week 7 challenges Epic Games have added several World Cup-themed additions to Fortnite, including three new stadiums that will help players complete one of the challenges from Week 7. Across the map, three massive football stadiums have been dropped, letting players have a quick game of football before ruthlessly murdering each other to survive. Here are all the football pitch locations in Fortnite: • A giant stadium that Epic just added into the game north of Pleasant Park. • In Pleasant Park itself, towards the southern side. • Aan indoor field, in a large-ish unnamed area just west of Tilted Towers. • There's a ball in the parking lot of the container depot north of Retail Row. Two containers serve as the goal. • One of the fields in the northeast of Fatal Fields has been converted into a soccer pitch • Beneath the projector at Risky Reels • In the parking lot of Flush Factory, with two toilets serving as the goal. A map of all the Fortnite football pitch locations<doc-sep>
Fortnite Football: All three football pitch locations REVEALED World Cup mania reaches fever-pitch today as Epic Games adds football skins to Fortnite in time for the first game of the tournament today. Fortnite players can collect the World Cup skins which can be customised to the players liking. The new skins have been launched at the same time as several massive stadiums are dropped into the Fortnite map. The Week 7 challenges require players to score goals in five of the maps soccer/football fields, giving gamers the chance to score a World Cup goal in full football kit in Fortnite. How will the World Cup skins work and what do they look like? Epic Games have added World Cup skins to the game in honour of the global football tournaments starting off today, with Russia taking on Saudi Arabia. The skins are completely customisable, with players able to change the kit numbers and country represented from the 32 nations involved in the tournament. The v4.4 update gave players the ability to create and customise their characters as much as they want, editing looks and colour schemes to make them fully unique and individual. The same principle will be applied to the World Cup skins, with players clicking the ‘Edit Style’ option underneath the skin to change its appearance. All 32 nations from the World Cup 2018 tournament will be available to players upon unlocking the skin, with numbers, colours and badges all interchangeable from the same skin. Fortnite skins: How will the World Cup skins work in Fortnite? What does it look like? Fortnite update 4.4: Leaked skins reveal World Cup outfits for Battle Royale Sun, June 10, 2018 Fortnite update 4.4 files have revealed leaked World Cup Battle Royale skins. Here are the outfits you can get as well as back bling and axes Play slideshow TWITTER TWO EPIC BUDDIES 1 of 29 Fortnite update 4.4 leaked skins, back bling and axes Fortnite World Cup skins Fortnite Week 7 challenges Today also marks the start of the new weekly challenges for Fortnite players, with Week 7 kicking off a World Cup-themed set of tasks. Here is the list of Season 4 Week 7 challenges for Fortnite: • Deal damage with a pickaxe to opponents (250) • Search Chests in Risky Reels (7) • Consume Hop Rocks, Apples, or Mushrooms (20) • Score a goal on different pitches (5) • Follow the treasure map found in Pleasant Park (1) (HARD) • Assault Rifle Eliminations (5) (HARD) • Eliminate opponents in Shifty Shafts (3) (HARD) Fortnite World Cup skins Locations for the soccer pitches to complete the Week 7 challenge