Fortnite Competition has confirmed a brand new native co-op mode, making it simpler for gamers to rock out with their pals utilizing only one console.
Fortnite Competition is the web online game’s devoted music mode. It launched on the finish of 2023 with The Weeknd as the sport’s first headline artist. Since then, the likes of Woman Gaga, Metallica and Billie Eilish have teamed up with Fortnite Competition for digital gigs and limited-time occasions whereas customers can play alongside to quite a few tracks.
Fortnite Competition was developed by Harmoix, who additionally created Rock Band. First launched in 2007 and constructing on the success of Guitar Hero, Rock Band inspired teams of pals to select up a spread of plastic devices and play alongside to traditional tracks.
A brand new replace for Fortnite Competition will look to recreate that communal magic. From January 14, Xbox and PlayStation gamers will be capable of play Competition in native co-op mode, which means customers might be in the identical room and use the identical console to play the sport. “Get the band again collectively,” reads the official announcement, alongside a short teaser clip that includes Snoop Dogg.
GET THE BAND BACK TOGETHER ‼️
Native multiplayer is coming to Fortnite Competition on Xbox and PlayStation January 14! Keep *tuned* for extra particulars 🎸 pic.twitter.com/m5hzBmbCtw
— Fortnite Competition (@FNFestival) January 10, 2025
Extra details about the mode is due quickly however builders have confirmed as much as 4 gamers can play on the similar time, with as much as two guitar controllers allowed per sport.
“Now we’re speaking,” wrote one fan. “That’s one enormous step out of the way in which. Now simply want drums and vocals and they’re going to begin bleeding my pockets dry.”
“Let’s fucking go. It took them over a yr, however they lastly added my most requested characteristic, now I can lastly play this as a celebration sport, with out audio delays as a result of we’re taking part in completely different screens,” mentioned one other.
Final yr, Fortnite confirmed it might be supporting Competition by way of 2025 “and past” after it introduced that its Rocket Racing mode can be receiving no additional updates.
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