The next season of Fortnite has been revealed over the weekend at Disney’s huge D23 fan event in California, and perhaps unsurprisingly it’s a Marvel-themed extravaganza.
Titled Absolute Doom, the season will feature a number of Marvel heroes as new outfits in the game, including Gwenpool, War Machine, Emma Frost, Shuri and Mysterio, along with a Jonesy take on Captain America and… Peelverine. There’ll also be new items like the Dual Micro SMGs, Captain America’s Shield and War Machine’s Arsenal to round out your super repertoire.
The season kicks off this Friday, August 16th, and Doctor Doom will become available via a Battle Pass Quest in September.
Along with the Marvel stuff, Epic and Disney also revealed some future collaborations coming to Fortnite, including a crossover with Disney Animation Studios’ “Villains” initiative which’ll see Cruella de Vil, Captain Hook and Maleficent join the game, as well as a Pixar partnership that’ll add The Incredibles.
You can see the season trailer for Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 5 Season 4 – Absolute Doom below:
All of this comes just after Epic has announced a pretty major change to how Fortnite’s Battle Pass items work, steering away from a years-long trend by finally making items in future Battle Passes available for general purchase after a period of 18 months or more.
This opens the doors for a bevvy of licensed characters and other highly-prized items that would’ve been locked to Battle Passes, like Outfits, Back Blings, Pickaxes, Emotes, Instruments, Decals, Wraps, Loading Screens, Banner Icons, and more, to be made available to players who perhaps weren’t into the game at the time or couldn’t dedicate the time to unlock them.
It could be great news for anyone looking at this upcoming season, knowing they won’t have the time to grind for Peelverine but able to simply pick him up down the track for real money. It’s been stressed that this change doesn’t guarantee all Battle Pass items will eventually make their way to the Fortnite Shop, but the post specifically calls out the continued distribution of licensed IP content as a motivating factor, so it seems aimed at exactly these kinds of events.
