Thanos is in 'Fortnite' now, which means dancing Thanos is a thing
Forget Avengers: Infinity War. This right here is actually the most ambitious crossover event in history.
Thanos has landed in Fortnite and... well... he's pretty great. As Epic Games revealed on Monday, the big bad of Infinity War joins the mega-popular battle royale game this week in a limited-time event tied to the new Avengers.
The game rules work the same as they always do: 100 players face off in a duel to see who can be the last one standing, all while the large, open map shrinks over time, pushing everyone closer and closer together in the process. But now, with the Avengers crossover twist, one player can actually become Thanos.
Hidden somewhere on the map in every match is a fully assembled Infinity Gauntlet, stones and all. The first player to find and collect it transforms into the Mad Titan, picking up an assortment of superpowers in the process: Super jumping, super punching, and super purple-beams-of-death.
He's definitely not unbeatable. Puny humans can take heart in the fact that only the more powerful Rare, Epic, and Legendary weapons drop in this limited time mode. And if you do manage to bring Thanos down, you can run in and claim the dropped Infinity Gauntlet as your very own.
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Cool stuff. It looks like there's a trade-off when you turn into Thanos: You get these great superpowers that give you more firepower and vertical movement than any human foe, but you also can't move so fast, and you present a big target to everyone nearby.
But! Thanos coming to Fortnite does mean we're all now blessed with one amazing and very real possibility: A Thanos dancing meme.
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Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.
