CARY – Thanos, the ultimate bad guy, is making a return engagement in Epic Games‘ mega battle royale hit Fortnite.
Thurday morning, the Cary-based gaming technology firm, officially disclosed a Fortnite tie-in with “Avengers: Endgame” which features Thanos against Marvel’s super hero lineup of Captain America, Thor and other allies.
This is the second time Fortnite has had a link with the Avengers, the first coming during the initial Thaos-Avengers saga Infinity War.
Epic teased a tie-in earlier this week via Twitter and confirmed it with a series of patch notes.
A video trailer “shows Thanos and his army as an immediate threat to take on, and also gives glimpses of the “Avengers” items up for grabs in the mode, including Captain America’s famous shield and Thor’s Stormbreaker axe,” Variety reports.
“In the mode, players can take on Thanos and his Chitauri, preventing them from finding all six infinity stones if they’re on the Hero team. They must destroy the Chitauri army and Thanos, and quick, because each infinity stone gathered brings extra abilities to Team Thanos.”
Creative execs behind the Avengers movies are reported as being big Fortnite fans.
Fortnite has drawn hundreds of millions of players around the world and has helped make privately held Epic worth several billion dollars, according to Bloomberg News and other media reports.
Epic Games teases tie-in between Fortnite, new Avengers movie
