Highlights
- Fortnite’s latest update includes a subtle but noticeable change to Kratos’ skin, altering his facial expressions to appear angry.
- The current season explores Greek mythology, with new POIs like Mount Olympus added to the map, but the Kratos skin is missing.
- Rumors suggest Epic Games may release a young Kratos skin and even an Atreus skin in the future, teasing exciting news for God of War fans.
A Fortnite player noticed that the game got a surprise update and changed the facial animations of Kratos’ skin. In its seven years of existence, Fortnite has explored a range of themes and collaborations with big names in pop culture. For its current season, Fortnite has brought a classic theme, along with new skins for players to unlock.
Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2 features the Myths and Mortals theme, focusing on content from Greek mythology. As a result, Fortnite has once again updated its map to add Greek-themed lakes and buildings. The battle royale has added four new points of interest, one of which is Mount Olympus, the home of the Greek gods. The new Fortnite season explores a well-known theme that has produced famous pop culture characters, and a player has noticed that one of these characters has received an update, changing something at the same time subtle and noticeable in its appearance.
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Reddit user Alphasilverhawk shared a video showing a surprise update that gave Kratos’ skin new facial expressions for his lobby pose. Now, the God of War protagonist has an angry expression. Fortnite released Kratos’ skin in Chapter 2 Season 5, adding the look based on the character’s appearance in God of War Ragnarok. In addition to this skin, Epic Games’ battle royale got a skin featuring Kratos wearing golden armor.
Will Kratos Reappear in Fortnite During the Current Season?
Although Fortnite has started a new season with a Greek mythology theme, the Kratos skin is nowhere to be seen. As a result, Kratos has been missing from the Fortnite in-game store for over 1,000 days. Although the Spartan has been off Fortnite‘s radar for some time, leakers have teased exciting news for God of War fans, claiming that the game will add a skin of the young Kratos, based on the character’s appearance in 2005’s God of War. Another rumor claims that in addition to the young Kratos skin, Fortnite will release an Atreus skin, which will appear in the game’s store along with the return of his father’s epic appearance.
The list of Fortnite collaborations continues to grow, and there are a lot of Fortnite crossovers that fans still want to see. In the case of the Kratos skin, it’s a subtle detail that is making some fans speculate about the release of more content aligned with the concept of the Greek pantheon. After all, although it’s a theme explored thoroughly in pop culture, Greek mythology is still very popular.
