Last season, one of the more inquisitive augmentations to Fortnite was Guggimon, a startling looking rabbit creature that likewise turned out to be a virtual influencer with a large number of adherents on stages like Instagram and TikTok.
Guggimon was made by an organization called Superplastic — which has recently worked with any semblance of the Gorillaz — and presently it’s carrying another of its characters to the fight royale: Janky, a streetwear feline (I believe?) that is accessible in the Fortnite thing shop beginning tonight.
It might appear like an odd fit, yet Fortnite’s consistently developing metaverse has consistently been spreading to pretty much every feature of pop culture, from sports to music to superheroes. With all that going on, some CG characters that band together with Gucci and do Christie’s NFT drops don’t learn about all that of spot.
It’s likewise important for a developing pattern of these virtual influencers moving past social networks to places like music videos, press conferences, and physical installations.