This week’s big Unreal Engine event brought word of a new Tomb Raider game set to made using Unreal Engine 5, and saw Epic Games’ powerful game toolkit made freely available to all.
There wasn’t a lot of news for Fortnite players – at least, not on the surface.
But eagle-eyed Fishstick fans did subsequently spot something: a brief glimpse at a list of Fortnite file names left open on a strategically-placed Epic Games computer. Zoom in and you can make out references to “Vader” and “Family Guy”.
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“Vader” is interesting due to its “C3S3” prefix – suggesting the character could become available during Fortnite’s next season (Chapter 3 Season 3), and potentially as part of its battle pass. This could also fit with Vader’s appearance in the forthcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series, which will arrive around the same time.