{"id":189585,"date":"2023-12-07T23:25:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T23:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=189585"},"modified":"2023-12-07T23:25:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T23:25:44","slug":"the-weeknd-to-headline-epic-games-new-fortnite-festival-game-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/celebrities\/the-weeknd-to-headline-epic-games-new-fortnite-festival-game-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weeknd To Headline Epic Games&#39; New &#39;Fortnite Festival&#39; Game Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <i>Epic Games<\/i> will launch three new live-service games in <i>Fortnite<\/i> later this week.<\/p>\n<p>Rocket Racing; Fortnite Festival; and LEGO Fortnite, which is built in partnership with The LEGO Group, will be available globally to play for free. <\/p>\n<p>The <b>Weeknd<\/b> will kick off Fortnite Festival Season 1 as the game&#8217;s first music icon when the game goes live on December 9 with a Teen rating. <\/p>\n<p>Fortnite Festival is a new music game where players can play in a band with friends or perform solo on stage with hit music by their favorite artists.  Built by Harmonix, the studio behind the iconic music game <i>Rock Band<\/i>, Festival marks the beginning of music gaming in Fortnite. <\/p>\n<p>Fortnite is an online video game developed by Epic Games and released in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>(Photo: David Hwang; CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia) <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jIDSHW5tIrQ?si=jfLd-2CcQtafRtzG\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rttnews.com\/3409657\/the-weeknd-to-headline-epic-games-new-fortnite-festival-game-mode.aspx?type=rap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epic Games will launch three new live-service games in Fortnite later this week. 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