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Ahead of the latest movie adaptation’s release this weekend, Dune content has been discovered in Fortnite. How wonderful it is to see one of my favorite books and least favorite game come together for an awkward bit of brand synergy.
Epic Games’ all-encompassing Fortnite battle royale will allow players to use skins based on major Dune characters Paul Atreides and Chani (modeled after the 2021 film’s Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya respectively) as part of the game’s imminent Chapter 2 Season 8, leaks have revealed.
Also referenced in the leaks are Dune franchise mainstays such as the sandworms (merged with Fortnite character Fishstick in the loading screen), ornithopters (used as a glider skin), and Fremkits (as “back bling,” whatever that means). What I find most interesting, however, is the emote, which is shown at around 44 seconds in the video below.
The planet on which Dune takes place is overrun by a species of sandworm that hunts its prey via vibrations in the sand. As such, the indigenous people have developed an arrhythmic walking style that, when sensed by a roving sandworm, doesn’t send signals that those vibrations are being caused by a living creature it might be able to munch on.
Read the full article on Kotaku
