A fanmade animation (fan-imation?) by Lancimations sees Arnold Schwarzenegger’s The Terminator T-800 unit appear in the world of video game Fortnite, resulting in some fun, and Terminator call-backs.
The animation glimpses what a Terminator DLC might look like for the game. Fortnite past and present has had many DLC’s and appearances from characters from other franchises like; DC Comics, Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Lance H. of Lacimations states:
During the summer, my friend AustintheBear made this skin concept for the Terminator in Blender. Having recently watched the Terminator movies, it gave me the motivation to collab with him.
Lance H.
I know not everyone likes Fortnite, but I hope people can still like the animation anyway.
The animation riffs heavily on Terminator 2: Judgment Day as the cybernetic organism (T-800) arrives from the future and has an interaction with an inhabitant of the Fortnite world; which sees the T-800 leave with some Persol sunglasses and a shotgun. There’s even a hint of RoboCop thrown in for good measure – with the scene at the end as the petrol station explodes.
A month ago AustintheBear shared the skin used in the animation on Reddit on an Epic Games / developer supported Reddit thread. It shows various skin combinations, battle damage stages and a full endoskeleton version (the Genisys / Dark Fate design).
The animation and skin is pretty cool, and we are sure there are many gamers that would love a turn as The Terminator in some MMO PVP madness. Yes, The Terminator appearing in Fortnite might be deemed to be yet another deviation towards a more child friendly vibe for Terminator, but that door is already open, so, why not?
Not to mention Fortnite is brought to us by Epic Games which is co-owned by Tencent and Tencent were also co-investors in Terminator: Dark Fate, so it doesn’t feel that much of a reach that this could happen.
T-3500 Terminator Unit in Fortnite
This isn’t the first time the Terminator franchise has brushed shoulders with the Fortnite universe, as not that long ago Fortnite gave birth to a new unit of Terminator; the T-3500. Whilst this might not have been an official cross over,- rapper Travis Scott featured in a gaming event called Astronomical that also featured a Terminator inspired character skin.
Do we have any Fortnite players who use this website? Would you like to see Arnold Schwarzenegger’s T-800 hit the game to deal some SkyNet damage?
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