Jack Skellington, Michael Myers, and Alan Wake coming to Fortnite
Fortnite will be celebrating Halloween with their Fortnitemares 2023 event, and they’re bringing some familiar faces around for a limited time.
Revealed today, Fortnite players will be able to purchase Jack Skellington, Michael Myers, and Alan Wake outfits in the item shop. Alongside the new guest outfits, this event will bring a handful of new weapons, including the pumpkin launcher and Thorne’s vampiric blade. The Fortnitemares event will end on November 3 at 2 AM EST. More information about the event can be found here.
Alan Wake’s inclusion in Fortnite comes weeks before the highly anticipated release of Alan Wake II, which will be released on October 27 via PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. Pre-orders for the game can be made here.
A synopsis for Alan Wake II reads:
Saga Anderson, an FBI profiler with a reputation for solving unsolvable cases, arrives in Bright Falls to investigate a string of ritualistic murders. The case slides into a nightmare when Anderson discovers pages of a horror story, a horror story that starts to come true…
Alan Wake, a lost writer trapped in a nightmare prison beyond our world, writes a dark story to shape reality in a desperate bid to escape. Hunted by an insatiable horror, Wake struggles to retain his sanity and beat the devil at his own game.
Anderson and Wake, two heroes on two desperate journeys. Two separate realities connected in ways neither of them can understand. Echoes become reflections. Reflections that can reach out to each other.Trapped in a horror story where there are only victims and monsters, can they break out to be the heroes they need to be?