Fortnite Festival is Rock Band without the plastic instruments
by Andrew Webster from The Verge - All Posts on (#6H0ZX)
Image: Epic Games Epic released a trilogy of new games inside of Fortnite this week. It started with Lego Fortnite, continued with Rocket Racing, and is wrapping up today with Fortnite Festival, developed by Guitar Hero studio Harmonix (which Epic acquired in 2021). It's all part of an ambitious plan to turn Fortnite from a hit battle royale into a platform filled with all kinds of different experiences. And in the case of Fortnite Festival, it's a full-blown music game inside of Fortnite. Think of it like Rock Band - but without the plastic instruments.
What that means is you'll be hitting notes along to popular songs, but instead of doing that on a toy guitar or drum set, you're using a game controller or mouse and keyboard. The basic flow is identical,...