Fortnite’s Teased ‘IT: Chapter 2’ Crossover in no way took place, Why?

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Fortnite has been going just a little wild with its crossover events the past few seasons, with collaborations between the video game and John Wick, Stranger issues, The Avengers and the NFL. last week, it appeared obtrusive that a new crossover became coming, one with IT: Chapter 2 which debuted this previous weekend.

And yet the weekend has come and long gone, and no crossover came about. reasonably, all we acquired become the preliminary teaser that set everybody off, purple "IT" style balloons connected to toilets and sewers across the map that when popped, emit an evil Pennywise laugh. It appeared like a precursor to a bigger adventure, and yet we've made it through the whole opening weekend of the movie with…actually nothing.

What the hell took place?

the manner I see it, there are 4 options:

This changed into simply An Homage: It's possible that there was no genuine advertising deal in location and that a person at Epic is simply a large horror fan/IT fan and desired to do an easter egg within the online game with out there being a advertising and marketing campaign in the back of it. after all, attaching balloons to a number of random issues on the map and uploading a sound file isn't a ton of labor.

This turned into the world's Smallest Crossover Deal: It's also viable that there was an agreement for cross advertising, nevertheless it was just…very, very small. simply the balloons element. possibly a person at the IT advertising and marketing group become sensible adequate to know that Fortnite changed into a video game where even a tiny aspect like that could get individuals speaking, and here we are, talking about it in what I think is our third article about these damn balloons. So in that sense, mission completed.

The Deal Fell apart for Some cause: i wonder if it could be feasible that the deal began to go into effect, but was nixed at the final season for some unknown reason. possibly Epic thought an R-rated horror crossover merchandising would get them in too a whole lot predicament with parents. perhaps the IT crew didn't need to spend the money for a deal in the end. So we obtained the start of the crusade, however not the end with the balloons.

The adventure is just Delayed: absolutely the wise thing to do can be to run this experience earlier than opening weekend of the film (IT: Chapter 2 grossed under IT this past weekend), but it surely's feasible this deal remains in location and is effortlessly working later for some purpose. might be Epic couldn't finish the Pennywise dermis in time, possibly the IT team bought a less expensive deal if it wasn't executed before opening weekend or whatever thing, I have no conception. but the balloons and the snicker do appear to be a crossover tease more than an homage, so i'm not going to rule out the concept that this may nevertheless ensue. We noticed one of the John Wick skins (the Halle Berry one) debut neatly after the long-established event came about, so possibly now and again there are just delays.

It's a really bizarre condition in spite of which of these four alternatives is correct. lovers were making fanart and crafting fake challenges for the experience. And it just never came. I'll keep a watch out for it this week, but when it doesn't come by way of subsequent weekend, I don't think it ever will.

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