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Battle royale shooter-turned-virtual music festivalFortniteis amping up its next musical collaboration - and this time, it’s bringing rapper Eminem back to the world of the video games for the first time in years.
Fortnite is currently gearing up for its The Big Bang event, which will kick off in the game’s Battle Royale mode on Saturday December 2nd at 2pm ET/7pm GMT.
Alongside Eminem’s appearance, The Big Bang event “marks a new beginning for Fortnite” as its truncated Season OG draws to the end of itshistory trip back through Fortnite seasons and maps of oldas it prepares for the upcoming Chapter 5.
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As you’d expect, Eminem’s appearance in Fortnite will also herald some new cosmetics in its item store, including three skins inspired by the rapper’s various characters. Slim Shady appears to be Eminem as seen during his early years as Marshall Mathers, while Marshall Never More puts him in a suit and fedora - pulled from most recent original album Music to be Murdered By - and Rap Boy turns him into a superhero-like persona clearly inspired by his parody of Batman sidekick Robin in the music video for Without Me.
Attending the concert will get you an Eminem-themed loading screen, along with a Magma style for the Marshall Never More outfit, if that tickles your fancy.
