Percy Jackson Is Headed to Fortnite

Percy Jackson is coming to Fortnite. The fashionable series, based connected the novels by Rick Riordan and present streaming connected Disney+, was conscionable announced to beryllium getting its precise ain Fortnite Island connected December 9.

Revealed connected signifier astatine CCXP25 successful Brazil, Percy Jackson: Siege of Monsters volition let players to “embark connected an authentic Percy Jackson escapade crossed an land representation inspired by Camp Half-Blood – the earthly sanctuary and grooming installation for the children of mortals and Greek gods. As recently arrived demigods, players indispensable observe the individuality of their godly parent, summation caller divine powers, and state with their chap demigods for a climactic conflict against Scylla and Charybdis connected the Sea of Monsters.”

Players volition beryllium capable to conscionable assorted characters from the fashionable stories, rendered successful the likenesses of the actors from the streaming series, including Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, and Grover Underwood, and “complete aggregate broadside quests” and different activities “inspired by the archetypal 2 seasons of the show.”

I precocious spoke with the stars and producers of the amusement astir bringing immoderate fan-favorite storylines to Fortnite. Walker Scobell, who plays Percy connected the series, and co-star Aryan Simhadri (Grover) had been begging producers to get their characters into Fortnite “since time one.”

“I'm conscionable excited to beryllium the feline from Fortnite,” says Scobell. “That's what I privation radical to telephone me. If that's the lone happening I'm ever remembered for, I'm good with that. Percy Jackson? No, he's the feline from Fortnite.”

Series Executive Producer and Co-showrunner Dan Shotz, who presented a sneak highest of the Fortnite land astatine CCXP, says bringing Percy Jackson to the crippled progressive a batch of moving pieces. “We person worked straight with Disney to physique an full satellite wrong Fortnite,” Shotz says. “You're going to get to spot unthinkable monsters. You get to combat the Minotaur, you get to person a brag conflict with Scylla and Charybdis, and you besides conscionable get to bent retired with the pack from Percy Jackson. It's beauteous epic.”

Dior Goodjohn, who plays Clarisse connected the show, agrees: “It's really, truly sick. You benignant of cognize the magnitude of what you're doing erstwhile they enactment you successful a video crippled oregon erstwhile you get a doll made of you. This is insane that this is existent beingness for each of america close now. It's crazy.”

Percy Jackson Creator Rick Riordan says it was important to accommodate his stories for a younger, modern audience. “I cannot archer you however galore years the fans person been asking me, ‘When are we going to get a Percy Jackson immersive game?’” Riordan says. “I (played) my stock of World of Warcraft erstwhile I was younger, (so) I get it. I wholly get it.”

Leah Sava Jeffries, who portrays Annabeth, says she utilized to play Fortnite but intends to leap backmost successful present that she and her co-stars are featured successful the game. “This is making maine privation to spell backmost and play it again,” Jeffries says. “I person been waiting for this for truthful long, and present I truly consciousness similar this is our moment.”

Season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians hits Disney+ December 10.

Michael Peyton is the Senior Editorial Director of Events & Entertainment astatine IGN, starring amusement contented and sum of tentpole events including IGN Live, San Diego Comic Con, gamescom, and IGN Fan Fest. He's spent 20 years moving successful the games and amusement industry, and his adventures person taken him everyplace from the Oscars to Japan to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Follow him connected Bluesky @MichaelPeyton