The Fortnite Zero Hour event has unveiled a dazzling new keyart, and it is truly outrageous. The stunning new picture served as the thumbnail for the event’s official trailer that PlayStation Italia uploaded to YouTube. Gamers have already started to voice their excitement and amazement regarding the extent of the crossover madness captured in the artwork. It’s as if the event is declaring ‘everyone is here’ and the community is in full support.
From the beginning, the gamers have pointed out some very wild things. For example, among all the things people are most astonished about is the presence of the DeLorean from the Back to the Future movies! People are actually asking whether Marty McFly is really doing a wheelie with the time-traveling car, which is just… a phrase I never wanted to write down. Then, there are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles who are in the area. Perhaps the characters are so good, that they’re just not the background? It looks like Epic Games has combined all the pop culture icons into one big character, and this keyart is evidence of that.
Additionally, it is really surreal since players have also detected Godzilla and King Kong who are simply… there. Furthermore, the Empire from the Star Wars universe is supposedly aiding the good guys?? One gamer humorously remarked, “HELL YEAH THE EMPIRE IS HELPING US,” which is rather a big shift from, you know, being the bad guys. It really makes one wonder if the whole storyline is being reset for this game. The enormity of the whole event is the main reason why some gamers are skeptical about it. “The more I analyze this event, the more inaccuracies I find,” one user posted, giving a list of all the apparently random inclusions.
The keyart is such that it reveals many layers and the players manage to find new things every time they look at it. A person claimed to see the van from something, probably another crossover, and there’s talk of an Eevee skin with a mini uzi? That is quite a strong mental picture! And of course, the ultimate evil, the creature which is presumably at the center of the Zero Hour event, is in the first row. The players are already very imaginative with their suggestions about how we will battle this creature, one of them even saying it’s like the “ultimate battle.”
The response has been overwhelmingly positive with expressions like “This is everything we ever wanted” and “SHE’S BEAUTIFUL” being the most common in the comments. The enthusiasm is through the roof, one player thrilledly proclaiming, “I better not fuckin work during this event,” which is a very understandable feeling. It is impossible to ignore that Epic has really gone all out for this, putting on a display that is almost a tribute to crossover events. A gamer even compared it to the doom planet battle scene in Ready Player One, which is quite an ambitious comparison.
This is not a mere update; it can be compared to a cultural milestone for Fortnite. People are calling the ‘keyart’ itself “ass-keyart” and “beautiful,” which reflects the hard work and innovation of the art crew. The co-existence of such a diverse range of franchises like DC Comics, Back to the Future, TMNT, etc., is an undeniable sign of Fortnite’s power to lure and keep a huge audience that embraces all kinds of tastes. It is messy, uncertain, and the players are having a blast.
The Zero Hour event is probably going to be one of the most memorable ones in the game’s history, and if this keyart is any indication, we still aren’t ready for the waves to come. Hence, stay tuned because Fortnite’s battle royale is going to get really strange, but in a good way. The game is also available on Xbox.
