What to Expect From Fortnite’s Rumored Crossover With The Boys

Highlights

• Fortnite’s success is closely tied to its crossovers with other franchises, offering new content, skins, and game mechanics.
• The game has collaborated with various gaming franchises, movies, TV shows, and even musical artists, with more crossovers on the way.
• Potential collaboration with The Boys may introduce new skins, superpowers, and gameplay mechanics in the future.

Crossovers with other franchises have been one of the largest pull factors of Fortnite for some time now, with the game owing a lot of its continued success to these collaborations. Not only do these crossovers allow the battle royale to offer things like new skins and cosmetics, but Epic Games usually introduces brand-new modes and game mechanics related to whichever franchise the game is collaborating with.

Fortnite has introduced a huge number of ambitious crossovers over the years, offering content in partnership with a range of gaming franchises, movies, TV shows, and even musical artists. The scale and frequency of these crossovers only seems to be growing with time, with Fortnite having only recently introduced a collaboration with the Fallout TV show, and rumors are already starting about a crossover with another huge Prime Video entity. These rumors suggest that Fortnite‘s next crossover will be with The Boys, and certain possible elements of this potential crossover already seem like a sure thing.

Fortnite’s Crossover with The Boys Has Some Highly Likely Potential Content

The rumors of Fortnite collaborating with The Boys have only surfaced over the past few days, despite fans having wanted the crossover for some time. These rumors come shortly before the release of the highly anticipated fourth season of The Boys, which is set to release on Prime Video on June 13. A similar approach was taken with the April launch of the Fallout TV show, with Fortnite introducing a crossover with the franchise the following month.

Despite this, the reports of Fortnite‘s crossover with The Boys do state that the collaboration may not be introduced for years, meaning an imminent crossover to coincide with Season 4 of The Boys may not be a sure thing. Whenever this collaboration may end up happening, there are certain potential content elements that seem a perfect fit for Fortnite, and that fans should expect to eventually see.

The Boys’ Heroes and Powers Are Perfect For a Fortnite Crossover

It is no secret that The Boys features some very recognizable characters, many of which would be perfect for in-game Fortnite skins. If and when The Boys crossover happens, fans should expect to see skins for the likes of Homelander, Starlight, and even Billy Butcher. Homelander, Starlight, A-Train, and Black Noir appeared as playable operators during The Boys‘ crossover with Call of Duty, and it seems certain that at least a few of these iconic faces would also appear in a collaboration with Fortnite.

Aside from the cosmetic potential of this crossover, the prominence of superpowers and abilities in The Boys will be a perfect fit for Fortnite, introducing some wild new game mechanics. Fortnite is well-known for experimenting with its own gameplay during crossover events. Past Fortnite crossovers have introduced mechanics that give players special powers, with one of its earliest Marvel crossovers giving players Thanos’ Infinity Gauntlet, and its Dragon Ball crossover introducing the Kamehameha as an in-game ability.

Following this trend, Fortnite‘s The Boys crossover could introduce temporary Compound V as a pickup, with lucky players who find gaining a random superpower. These powers could range from flight, laser vision, partial invisibility, and even teleportation, and could be stacked if a player is fortunate enough to find two vials in close succession. It seems highly likely that superpowers would feature as part of a The Boys crossover, and using Temp V as a conduit for this would be a perfect game mechanic while staying true to the lore of the franchise. While still unconfirmed, the rumors around a collaboration between Fortnite and The Boys seem quite solid, and fans should expect a wide range of cosmetics and powerful new game mechanics if this crossover ever comes to light.