The Brazilian will be part of the famous video game and more collaborations with footballers are expected in the future
The star of the PSG and the Brazilian National Team, Neymar will become the first athlete to be part of the popular video game Fortnite, As announced by Epic Games.
As part of the launch of the sixth season of the game “Primal”, Video game players will be able to fight as Neymar while competing to win everything in the Battle Royale.
Digital costumes (known as “skins”) are popular in the game and include collaborations with characters from Star Wars, The Walking Dead, and Marvel. In addition, players have the ability to wear uniforms of various football teams, and Neymar’s presentation will mark the first time in the game’s history where an athlete has been completely digitally constructed.
Neymar is part of the “Icon Series”, Which includes popular game content creators who can also be chosen to play as Tyler “Ninja” Blevins and Spanish player TheGrefG, who recently broke the audience record at Twitch while revealing his appearance of Fortnite live, reaching an audience of 2.4 million viewers.
The global director of associations of Epic Games, Nate Nanzer, He said to ESPN that he and his team have been in contact with Neymar for “quite a while,” as the Brazilian is an avid player. Nanzer said this was key to creating meaningful collaboration for both parties.
“We wanted to cause a big stir, bring in athletes who have a global appeal and, based on the really successful world football pitch in January, it’s very well synchronized … Games are a big part of your life, when you don’t “He’s playing football. We think that’s a really real way to bring him into the game and we can’t wait for fans to see him.
Nanzer said sports are a key growth area for Fortnite and football is a key approach given the overall impact of the game. More collaborations with football and other sports players are possible in the future.
Epic Games has not yet revealed when Neymar will make his first appearance, as well as specify what his role will be.