Highlights

  • Fortnite has had numerous collaborations with popular entertainment brands, making it a hub for pop-culture crossovers in the gaming space.
  • Despite rumors of a LEGO x Fortnite collaboration, no official announcement has been made yet. However, a deal between LEGO and Epic Games suggests that there may be a collaboration in the works.
  • The potential for a LEGO x Fortnite collaboration is significant, with the possibility of LEGO-themed in-game events, new building mechanics, and even a redesigned battle royale map to resemble a LEGO set.

Fortnite is no stranger to collaborations. Over the last five years, Fortnite has essentially become the hub of pop-culture crossovers in the gaming space. Starting with Avengers: Infinity War back in 2018, then doubling down with Star Wars soon after, Fortnite's continued growth has afforded it more pop-culture collaborations than any other entertainment property out there, with fashion brands, movies, TV shows, and even fellow video games all flocking to the live-service phenomenon in droves.

But there's one major Fortnite collaboration that's been rumored for a long time now and that's still yet to come to fruition, and that's its alleged crossover with LEGO. Rumors started to surface about a LEGO x Fortnite crossover about a year ago, and the longer Epic Games keeps fans waiting, the more they're going to expect from the event, as a LEGO x Fortnite collab has so much potential.

While Fortnite hasn't announced a crossover with LEGO just yet, LEGO and Epic Games did sign a deal back in April 2022 to produce some kind of Metaverse LEGO project together, laying the groundwork for a Fortnite x LEGO collab.

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Fortnite's LEGO Crossover Has No Shortage of Opportunities

Fortnite's Recent LEGO Crossover Leak Explained

Ever since Epic Games announced its partnership with LEGO in April of last year, Fortnite fans have been pleading for some kind of LEGO crossover, and according to some recent leaks, they might be about to get their wish. Back in April of this year, a leak claimed that fans would see some kind of Fortnite x LEGO crossover in the game during Chapter 4's fourth Season. Obviously, that didn't happen, but that hasn't stopped two major rumors concerning a crossover cropping up in the last month.

The first of these rumors claims that Fortnite's LEGO collaboration is still definitely in the works, alongside some real-world LEGO sets based on the battle royale. Previously, a promotional polybag of a LEGO Fortnite Loot Llama was leaked, and this rumor states that'll just be one of a handful of LEGO Fortnite sets that are apparently on their way. With LEGO seemingly doubling down on video game sets over the last few years with its Overwatch, Horizon Zero Dawn, Super Mario, and Sonic sets, this leak would make a lot of sense.

Another recent leak supposedly sheds a little more light on what this Fortnite x LEGO in-game collaboration might be. If the leak can be believed, then Fortnite's LEGO crossover will include an entirely new mode based around the construction toy, complete with its own unique set of building mechanics, its own missions, its own Battle Pass progression system, and even some procedural world generation.

Fortnite Can Do a Lot with LEGO

Of course, all rumors and leaks should be taken with a huge pinch of salt, and that's especially true for these LEGO x Fortnite rumors, with very little evidence to back them up. However, a LEGO x Fortnite collaboration has so much potential behind it that it's hard not to get carried away with exciting concepts for possible in-game events. While the notion of an entirely unique LEGO mode for Fortnite sounds great, it would be equally as exciting to see the crossover extend into Fortnite's main battle royale modes as well.

A Fortnite x LEGO crossover could see the entire battle royale map remade to look like it was one big LEGO set, complete with new brick types that allow players to create structures out of LEGO pieces. On top of that, Fortnite could even give its NPCs a time-limited makeover, making them look like LEGO minifigures. And if Fortnite really wanted to go above and beyond, then it could add unique death animations that show the player bursting into a pile of bricks after being downed. That's only just scratching the surface of what this crossover could bring, too.