South Park’s ratings-smashing, politically charged latest back-to-back seasons may have just concluded, but the show’s fans don’t have to say goodbye to the Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny (and Butters!) entirely, because this week they are set to make their Fortnite debut with South Park: Born in Chaos.
On Friday, outfits for South Park’s four central characters (and Butters!) are coming to the Fortnite Shop, meaning fans who are also immersed in the massively popular game platform can play as their favorite character from the long-running animated series — or as a large, hulking figure with one of the characters riding on top.
The Fortnite-South Park hybrid characters can all be previewed in a trailer released by Epic Games on Thursday. The short clip of exclusive new content shows South Park’s main boys at their computers playing some video games. Butters is left to sit alone because he low-key sucks at gaming. But that all changes on the bus the following day when Butters, dressed as his Prof. Chaos alter-ego, waves his wand and spirits the entire bus and its riders to the land of Fortnite.
In addition to navigating the Fortnite landscape as a South Park main player, fans can delight in discovering items now unlockable from the game’s free Born in Chaos pass. This pass features 13 South Park-themed items to unlock, all of which are treasured references to the show, including a Backpack of CRED Back Bling, a Terrance and Phillip Pickaxe, a Cheesy Poofs Rocketship Emote, and more; players can unlock the items by completing new South Park quests.
Players can reboot automatically following elimination with a Kenny’s Respawn Token, and for the first time, witness the awesome power of the one-time-use Stick of Truth. And they can wreak havoc with an additional squad member with the new Quints 5-person playlist.
There’s even more to this gaming crossover, and it’s, naturally, all about South Park’s resident megalomanic, Eric Cartman. In Cartmanland, players can drop into the fan favorite’s massive personal theme park, which features rideable thrills with names like Chaos Blast, Voyage to the Center of the Planet, and Pi Pi’s Splash Town.
South Park: Born in Chaos debuts on Friday, Jan. 9, and will remain live until Feb. 5.
Original Article on Hollywood Reporter