Fortnite is adding microphone vocals to its Rock Band-like Festival mode, just in time for a new season featuring jazz pop star Laufey.
The Madwoman singer will arrive in Fortnite tomorrow, April 16, at the start of the next Fortnite Festival season. Gameplay additions also arriving tomorrow will add the ability to sing along to any of the mode’s many tracks using a compatible microphone on PC and console.
That same update also adds a Pro Drums option, allowing you to plug in a Rock Band 4 or compatible MIDI drum kit. And in another helpful tweak, you’ll now be able to move while jamming in other Fortnite modes — rather than being locked into place while playing an instrument.
As ever, the new Fortnite Festival season comes with a Music Pass (included in the Fortnite Crew subscription) that’ll include a Laufey skin and Madwoman as a jam track. A separate Laufey skin will also be sold via Fortnite’s shop, alongside two other tracks: Tough Luck and Lover Girl.
Tomorrow’s Fortnite update will also finally make the game’s original Save the World PVE mode free to all players, and introduce the next story act for the game’s main battle royale mode.
It remains a typically busy time for Fortnite and developer Epic Games, which is reportedly developing a major Disney extraction shooter mode for launch later this year, despite mass layoffs that impacted 1,000 employees last month. We subsequently spoke with industry analysts to learn more about what may be troubling the studio.
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