Fortnite: Battle Royale (PC, PS4, iOS, Android, Switch & Xbox One) now has a huge purple space cube. The cube appeared suddenly during a tournament, where the famous streamer Ninja hit it first – and immediately regretted it.
What is the cube in Fortnite? On August 24 a huge purple cube suddenly appeared in Fortnite at Paradise Palms. It was first discovered by the well-known pro streamer Ninja. However, he was in the midst of the $500,000 Summer Skirmish tournament.
Is it a good idea to investigate an unknown object at that moment?
Oops, a cube?!
Curiosity vs. combat instinct: Ninja and his duo partner Dr. Lupo were quite surprised when suddenly lightning appeared before them and then the cube emerged. Immediately, curiosity and ambition were battling within Ninja about what to do next.
The cube was a previously unknown object with completely unknown properties.
Help, it hurts!
The cube strikes back! Nevertheless, curiosity prevailed, and Ninja explored the object. He touched it and was thrown back. This caused damage and the panicked exclamation: “It hurts! It hurts, it hurts!”
Still, the two streamers continued and shot at the cube. The cube also retaliated, as it strikes back when it takes damage.
Stay away from the cube: After Ninja got a few bruises from the thing, he decided to leave the cube alone. The fear of losing the tournament was ultimately too great.
Epic’s next brilliant PR stunt?
As we now know, the cube doesn’t just throw careless players around. It also moves and seems to be targeting a specific direction. So there will surely be more to happen until the end of Season 5 in a few weeks.
The events of the previous seasons: This confirms once again that Epic always rolls out even crazier events and actions for each season:
- In Season 3, there was a comet that rushed to the map for weeks and eventually hit
- Season 4 brought an alien from the comet that launched a rocket and created tears in the sky. These sucked in landmarks from the map and spat some back out in real life!
- In Season 5, the cube has now appeared. And in Tomato Town, it seems that the bizarre tomato cult has settled in. Probably more outlandish PR stunts will be added soon in real life.
The next few weeks will be exciting.
