POSTED:  Friday, February 19th, 2021                    (2-20-2021)
	Ryu and Chun-Li Joining Fortnite in Street Fighter Crossover

  

I believe this is the first time I'm writing an article about Fortnite. I hear it's a very popular game. Since its release in 2017, Fortnite has become known for its plethora of crossovers with other franchises, including: Marvel, DC, Star Wars, GI Joe, Terminator, Predator, Tron, and many others. The news today confirms Street Fighter will join Fortnite's catalog of crossovers, with series icons Ryu and Chun-Li joining the mayhem. Epic Games confirmed the Ryu and Chun-Li "outfits" will be added to Fortnite on February 20th (4:00pm PT). Check out the teaser trailer below.      [UPDATE] Legendary SNK / Capcom artist Shinkiro even made this loading screen artwork (below) to celebrate the collaboration. Ryu having fun? Just look at that troll-face. This might be the strangest character collage Shinkiro has ever drawn.     If you for some reason wanted to see Ryu dance Gangam Style, here you go pic.twitter.com/c0OCy8v3O9 — Ryan Bloom (@BlazeHedgehog) February 21, 2021 Stay tuned on Fighters Generation for Fortnite news... just kidding. This probably won't happen again, unless SNK, Guilty Gear, or TEKKEN joins in.
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