Last week, Epic Games introduced its new Flash skin bundle for
Fortnite battle royale alongside an event called The Flash Cup, which offered players the opportunity to get the skin early. The event kicked off on February 10 with a Duos tournament, tasking players to complete up to 10 matches during the three-hour gaming window. Each region’s top-performing teams unlocked the Flash outfit and now it is finally available to everyone else in the Item Shop.
Epic occasionally offers free early access to upcoming skins in the form of a brief public tournament one of its Galaxy skins being a past example. Those who competed in The Flash Cup and ranked high enough in their region received the Flash outfit, as well as the Speed Force Back Bling.
The Flash will be added to
Fortnite later this week, Epic Games has today confirmed.
Fortnite‘s
The Flash Outfit: Enter the battle as Barry Allen.
The Speed Force Slashers Pickaxe: Lightning strikes twice with this dual-bolt Pickaxe.
The Speed Force Back Bling: Display The Flash’s electrified emblem.
The Quick Bite Emote: Grab a light(speed) snack.
The Flash bundle will be available in-game from 11.00 am AEDT on Sunday, 14 February.
If that’s not soon enough, Duos players can take part in The Flash Cup from 11 February (AEDT). Those Duos teams who play at least 10 matches within a 3-hour window will be in the running to win The Flash Outfit and Speed Force Back Bling if they’re the top-performing team in their region.
Fortnite: The Flash Skin Revealed
Given the recent leak, it was only a matter of time before
Fortnite developer Epic Games officially revealed its new DC Comics crossover skin in the form of The Flash. As expected, the skin and corresponding item set will be available for free to those folks that compete in and win The Flash Cup, a Duos event, tomorrow, February 10th. After that, beginning Saturday, February 13th, at 7 PM ET/ 4 PM PT, The Flash skin and set will be available in
Fortnite s Item Shop.
While we had previously speculated that
Fortnite s take on The Flash would specifically be based on The CW s show of the same name, any mention of this is conspicuously absent from the official announcement. While the recent Green Arrow skin had a direct tie to its corresponding The CW show, it would seem that s not the case here. Even more strange is the fact that the suit as it appears in the game certainly looks to have been based on the one from the television show.