‘Fortnite’ Confirms A Harley Quinn ‘Bird Of Prey’ Event Is Coming

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While I will admit this was not exactly the hardest prediction to make, I have to say that I totally called that Fortnite was going to do some sort of promotional crossover event with Birds of Prey, also known as Birds of Prey And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn, as somehow the original comic version has been twisted into a Harley-starring vehicle in the DCEU

This morning it seems to be confirmed that Fortnite will indeed be doing its own Harley-based event. The official Fortnite account replied to a Birds of Prey tweet, saying that they’d see Harley soon. Observe:

When I first talked about this idea, I said that it was definitely going to be a no-brainer for Epic and DC to collaborate like this. Fortnite has already done two Marvel events, one for each of the last two Avengers movies, complete with skins. And then when there was no actual DC movie to cross over with, they did a Batman anniversary event complete with Batman and Catwoman skins.

As such, given that this is the first non-Joker DC comic book movie since these crossovers started happening, it seemed like a no-brainer for Fortnite to collaborate here. Namely because the potential for skins is extremely high, and skins that will sell very, very well, most likely.

The most obvious candidate for a skin is Harley Quinn herself, though whether we get Margot Robbie’s exact likeness (like Keanu Reeves in his John Wick skin) or whether it’s a more generic version (like the non-Scarlett Johansson Black Widow skin) is unclear. But obviously there have been many, many Harley outfits over the years, so in addition to her Birds of Prey get-up, we could obviously see an alternate style that was the traditional red and black Harlequin costume, or one of the other countless variants (Arkham version, anyone?). And obvious we’re going to see a giant mallet as a mining tool.

(this is a fan version)

But past Harley? I’m not super clear on who else would get a skin. Most of the other members of Harley’s crew don’t really have iconic costumes in Birds of Prey. Really the only one that qualifies from what I’ve seen would be Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s Huntress. Possibly Black Canary too, I’m not sure. If they do a male skin, maybe we get an Ewan McGregor Black Mask with styles for mask on and off. I would not expect to see a Joker skin out of this, as he hasn’t even been in the trailers.

It’s a widely accept fact that the younger-skewing, male-skewing Fortnite population tends to gravitate toward female skins (they always win fan release votes, for one), and I have to imagine that Harley could end up being the best-selling crossover skin they’ve ever done, quite frankly, as it’s a beloved character and honestly, she even kind of fits thematically with the wacky, violent Fortnite universe.

I do not know if this event will contain any map changes or an LTM or anything like that. The last Batman event brought Gotham City into the game itself, so I suppose that could theoretically return to the map, but we’ll have to see. Birds of Prey is out in just over two weeks, so I would expect the event and these skins to show up some time before that. Stay tuned.

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