Summary
Fortnitejust released a new major update forRocket Racing. Psyonix, the developer ofRocket League, developed the racing mode featuring the cars from the rocket-powered soccer game.Fortnitecontinues to outshine other live-service games by consistently rolling out frequent updates.Rocket Racingis just one of the game modes to get new content recently.
Epic Games has been collaborating with other developers onthree separate modes inFortnitesince last year. Epic Games has been busy withLEGO Fortnite, and Harmonix, the developer behindRock Band, has been working onFortnite Festival. Epic seems to be focused on makingFortnitea hub for games, similar to something likeRoblox, in order to compete with the gaming giant.
Epic recently pushed an update forRocket Racingcalled Inferno Island. The Inferno Island update includes five new tracks made by Epic and two from 404 Creative. The previoustracks from the Neon Rush updateare still accessible to all players, in addition to the seven new ones. A casual racing playlist that shuffles random Epic-made tracks is now available along with this update. So now, players who just want to race with others can do so without worrying about their rank. Ranks from the lastRocket Racingseason will be reset, and new ranks will be set based on the player’s finishing rank in the last period.
In addition to the new tracks and causal playlist, Epic is releasing a new quest pack in the item shop. The pack includes the racer skin, Cinder, along with the Lockjaw Car Body, 4 decals, and its quests that reward several more cosmetics. The starter quest pack will be released on July 25 at 8pm ET. Epic notes that the quests will be auto-completed a year later, rewarding all players who own the pack but haven’t finished it. The Lockjaw car, its wheels, and its decals will all be eligible for cross-game ownership withRocket League. Epic has been allowing players totransfer cars betweenFortniteandRocket Leaguesince its launch. Letting their car purchases inFortnitecarry over toRocket League, and vice versa.
Epic Games has released many different collaborations lately.Pirates of the Caribbeanis the latest big collab, with skins for Jack Sparrow and new mythic items being released. ThePirates of the Caribbeancrossoveralso has its own event pass, which includes several different pirate-themed cosmetics. Epic likely has many more crossovers in the works, so fans can begin to speculate about what will come next.
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