Epic Video games will proceed to help Fortnite Pageant, the sport’s Rock Band-style mode developed by Harmonix, for the forseeable future.
The affirmation comes right this moment, as Pageant celebrates its first anniversary this weekend with entry to play all the mode’s 285 tracks for a restricted time.
Final yr, Epic Video games expanded Fortnite past its shooter origins with the arrival of Lego Fortnite, which has carried out notably nicely, plus Fortnite Pageant and Rocket Racing – the arcade racer mode made by Rocket League studio Psyonix.
In October, Epic Video games quietly introduced that Rocket Racing would now not obtain common themed content material updates, and the mode presently doesn’t supply any additional beauty rewards to unlock.
All of Fortnite’s participant experiences present public play counts, and from them it is easy to see the sport’s essential modes – Battle Royale and Zero Construct – with tons of of hundreds of concurrent gamers. Lego Fortnite usually ranges within the tens of hundreds. Fortnite Pageant normally sits round 15,000 gamers. Rocket Racing sits within the single digit hundreds.
Pageant additionally has a transparent monetisation route, with a seasonal go that encompasses a specific music star, plus the choice to buy music tracks to maintain and play whether or not a track is within the mode’s present rotation or not.
The mode kicked off by spotlighting The Weeknd, earlier than subsequent seasons have been headlined by real music giants like Woman Gaga, Billie Eilish, Metallica and Snoop Dogg.
“Whereas that is formally a wrap on the primary yr of Fortnite Pageant, the Pageant roadies and stage crew are already exhausting at work to make 2025 and past even larger,” Epic Video games wrote right this moment. “That stated, 2024 isn’t over simply but, and we’ve some surprises to assist see the yr out in fashion!”
The Weeknd, Woman Gaga, Billie Eilish and Colombian singer Karol G are getting reskinned “platinum” variations of their unique skins, plus there are XP quests for enjoying their music within the coming days.
It is a very busy time for Fortnite, which not too long ago launched its everlasting Fortnite OG providing. This week sees the arrival of social sim Lego mode Lego Fortnite Brick Life plus the Valorant-inspired Fortnite Ballistic.
