Ellie received’t be dropping anyplace anytime quickly

Naughty Canine’s Neil Druckmann has put paid to current rumors that the celebs of his critically acclaimed journey collection The Final of Us are getting set to make an look in Epic Video games’ battle royale juggernaut, Fortnite.

Whereas Fortnite is already chockful of crossover stars, skins, and different objects pulled from comics, TV exhibits, films, and different media, Druckmann said that current whisperings that Joel, Ellie, and different TLoU-related belongings have been headed to the drop zone are merely false, regardless of being famous by some very distinguished and usually correct leakers inside Fortnite’s large and devoted group.

“Love me some Fortnite… however there are not any plans for this,” said Druckmann on Twitter. “False rumor.”

Love me some Fortnite… however there are not any plans for this. False rumor. https://t.co/od3ImiKPs0

— Neil Druckmann (@Neil_Druckmann) July 24, 2022

Regardless of the clear tonal distinction between the 2 franchises, the crossover appeared greater than believable, provided that Fortnite has already performed host to different Sony PlayStation stars comparable to Nathan Drake and Chloe Frazer from the Uncharted video games/film, God of Conflict‘s axe-wielding monster Kratos, and the intrepid Aloy from Guerrilla Video games’ Horizon collection.

For now, nonetheless, our mushroom-mashing survivalists will likely be remaining in Boston, getting ready to relive their unique nightmare within the upcoming remake The Final of Us Half I which launches on PS5 September 2. You possibly can take a look at a really impressive-looking gameplay trailer in our earlier article.

Fortnite is accessible proper now on PlayStation PC, Xbox, Nintendo Swap, and cellular platforms.

Chris Moyse

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