Fortnite’s gotten a crossover with Mistborn, a fantasy series by Brandon Sanderson. Following a Twitter teaser, players can now get a skin of character Kelsier along with a themed back bling, pickaxe, and load screen. It’s the game’s first book tie-in.
A long way from the Cosmere, Kelsier—the Survivor of Hathsin—arrives to the Island.
Grab the Kelsier Outfit now!https://t.co/P74R1RVGjs pic.twitter.com/ZvagVw9t6S
— Fortnite (@Fortnite) May 28, 2021
A few Kotaku staffers have read Mistborn and were excited by this news. Another contingent of us immediately began shitposting in Slack, discussing other literature Fortnite should add to its gaping maw. I’m a pretentious book nerd and so drove myself to hysterics trying to decide which volume of Marcel Proust’s In Search Of Lost Time should get the Fortnite treatment (I ultimately decided it should be the third volume, The Guermantes Way, because it’s full of people I can never tell apart, much like Fortnite itself.). Here are some other jokes we found very funny and/or actually awesome
Fortnite x A Tale Of Two Cities
Fortnite x Mrs. Dalloway
Fortnite x A Modest Proposal
Fortnite x A Farewell To Arms
Fortnite x Animorphs
Fortnite x The Chocolate War
Fortnite x Ethan Frome
Fortnite x Invisible Man
Fortnite x Catcher In The Rye
Fortnite x The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas
Fortnite x Slaughterhouse-Five
Fortnite x Parable of the Sower
Fortnite x The Picture of Dorian Gray
Fortnite x Beezus and Ramona
Fortnite x Death of a Salesman
Fortnite x The Three-Body Problem
Fortnite x Beowulf
Fortnite x Wuthering Heights
Fortnite x The Outsiders
Fortnite x Of Mice and Men
Fortnite x The Great Gatsby
Fortnite x Pride and Prejudice
If you’ll permit me to throw in some great books I’ve read recently, a Fortnite x The Only Good Indians Halloween crossover event would be dope. I think Epic could have a lot of fun with a Fortnite x Interior Chinatown crossover too. I’m going to tickle myself imagining the possibilities in a Fortnite x Such A Fun Age tie-in, and lastly, because I’m 100% biased in favor of my friends’ books, leave you with the awe-inspiring thought of Fortnite x Detransition, Baby. Your move, Donald Mustard.
