Fortnite Festival announces local co-op mode, but there’s a catch

Fortnite Festival has officially confirmed that the popular rhythm game, a spin-off of Epic Games’ battle royale, will get local co-op support, but with a big asterisk. The beloved shooter from Epic Games has continued to expand its brand into new genres in recent years with numerous additional products and different game modes. LEGO Fortnite saw Epic Games launch a Minecraftsurvival sandbox style Rocket races saw Fortnite team up with Psyonix for a high-octane racing game. Now, one of the FortniteThe most popular game modes are waiting for major updates.

Fortnite Festival has seen many major updates to the rhythm game since its launch in 2023 along with Fortniteother spinoffs. Along with plenty of popular new music, each season of the rhythm game has seen different themes with music focused on individual artists. FortniteDuring the Remix Season, which featured the game’s collaborations with several famous rappers, Snoop Dogg was in the spotlight with “Drop It Like It’s Hot” as the featured track added to the game mode. now, Fortnite Festival returns a Rock band and Guitar hero stapler

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Fortnite Festival announced the addition of local co-op to Epic Games’ rhythm game on Friday night via its official social media channels. Epic Games has revealed that local co-op support will be coming to the Xbox and PlayStation versions Fortnite Festival beginning of next week. The post does not confirm whether the local co-op will be coming FortniteEpic Games did not mention other platforms, including Switch, PC and mobile versions. Fortnite Festival January 14 will officially add local co-op support to the PlayStation and Xbox versions.

Fortnite Festival Adding local co-op for PlayStation, Xbox

Although many fans will be delighted with the addition Fortnite FestivalLocal co-op, the update still has one more important caveat for players who want to play together. Fortnite Festival does not currently have a dedicated controller for players using drums or a microphone, still requiring fans to use the console’s regular controller for these instruments. Fortnite officially got its first guitar peripheral earlier this year with the ‘Riffmaster’ designed specifically for Fortnite Festival by a third-party PDP developer. Epic Games has not yet confirmed the availability of future peripherals for the other tools featured in the Fortnite Festival.

Local cooperative for Fortnite Festival comes as one of the game’s next major updates has already been teased ahead of its release. Fortnite He’s rumored to be adding a major collaboration with Hatsune Miku, who is expected to deliver several jam tracks Festival. Epic Games even hinted at the crossover itself by placing an image of a leek on it Fortnite Festivalofficial social media as a link to Hatsune Miku’s popular “Ievan Polkka” cover. FortniteLocal cooperative support should strive to bring back one of the best elements Rock band and Guitar heroglory days.

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Released

July 25, 2017

Multiplayer

Multiplayer online

Engine

Unreal Engine 5

ESRB

T is for teenagers – violence

Steam Deck Compatibility

N/A

Optimized X|S

YES

PS Plus availability

N/A

Screen orientation resolution

Only horizontally

Number of players

1-2

Local cooperative support

1-2 players

OpenCritic rating

Powerful

Cross Save

yes

Cross-platform game

Mobile, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

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