Epic Games will continue to support Fortnite Festival, the Harmonix-developed game's Rock Band-style mode, for the foreseeable future.
The confirmation comes today, as the Festival celebrates its first anniversary this weekend with access to stream all 285 tracks in the mode for a limited time.
Last year, Epic Games expanded Fortnite beyond its shooter origins with the arrival of Lego Fortnite, which performed particularly well, as well as Fortnite Festival and Rocket Racing, the arcade racing mode created by Rocket League studio Psyonix. .
In October, Epic Games quietly announced that Rocket Racing would no longer receive regular themed content updates and that the mode does not currently offer any more cosmetic rewards to unlock.
All Fortnite player experiences show public play counts, and from them it's easy to see the game's main modes (Battle Royale and Zero Build) with hundreds of thousands of simultaneous players. Lego Fortnite typically ranges in the tens of thousands. The Fortnite Festival usually brings together around 15,000 players. Rocket Racing sits in the single-digit thousands.
The festival also has a clear monetization path, with a season pass featuring a particular music star, plus the option to purchase music tracks to keep and play whether a song is in the mode's current rotation or No.
The mode began by highlighting The Weeknd, before subsequent seasons were headlined by true music giants such as Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish, Metallica and Snoop Dogg.
“While the first year of the Fortnite Festival officially concludes, the Festival's roadies and stage team are already hard at work making 2025 and beyond even bigger,” Epic Games wrote today. “That being said, 2024 isn't over yet and we have some surprises to help finish the year in style!”
The Weeknd, Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish and Colombian singer Karol G will all receive “platinum” versions of their original skins, plus there will be XP missions to play their music in the coming days.
It's a busy time for Fortnite, which recently launched its permanent Fortnite OG offering. This week sees the arrival of the social sim Lego mode Lego Fortnite Brick Life plus the Valorant-inspired Fortnite Ballistic.