Fortnite Has Big News for LEGO Fans

Summary

Epic Games is adding brick-by-brick LEGO building to Fortnite’s Unreal Editor on June 17.
Fortnite has also collaborated with LEGO to create physical sets available to fans.
Star Wars and Avatar: The Last Airbender will also be coming to Fortnite’s Unreal Editor.

Epic Games has revealed that Fortnite players will soon be able to craft new LEGO creations with brick-by-brick building coming to the Unreal Editor. Fortnite recently announced its return to the iOS platform in the United States after being unavailable for several years, which has given gamers another way to play the popular battle royale.

Epic Games has a long history of collaborating with LEGO, as gamers currently have access to both the LEGO Fortnite Odyssey game mode and LEGO Fortnite Brick Life. The two companies have also collaborated outside the video game, as new Fortnite LEGO sets were released on June 1, giving fans the ability to recreate iconic characters, locations, and creatures in the real world.

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In a recent post on Twitter, Epic Games gave players a first look at the brick-by-brick building coming to Fortnite‘s Unreal Editor, allowing gamers and LEGO enthusiasts to build locations and items using individual LEGO pieces. New footage of the feature was first shown off during the recent State of Unreal presentation on June 3, where Epic Games revealed numerous new features coming to the game. Once the update goes live, players will have access to 50 LEGO bricks in 42 colors that snap together the way they would in real life. This will give fans the unprecedented ability to craft their own creations using LEGOs in Fortnite like never before. Gamers won’t have to wait long to get their hands on this new feature, as it’s scheduled to release on June 17.

Brick-By-Brick Building Is Coming to the Unreal Editor in Fortnite

LEGO’s brick-by-brick building is coming to Fortnite June 17

It was also announced that Fortnite will be collaborating with Avatar: The Last Airbender once again, but this time it will be giving creators the tools to build their own experiences with the Unreal Editor. According to Epic Games, this is something fans of the franchise have been asking for ever since the first crossover was introduced in Fortnite. While the company didn’t give players a firm release date, gamers can expect to gain access to these new tools in 2026.

Epic Games even talked about the future of Star Wars in Fortnite, as the current Galactic Battle mini-season will be coming to a close on June 7. It was revealed that fans will be able to use Star Wars weapons, locations, characters, and other items in the Unreal Editor to create their own custom experiences at some point in the future. However, Epic Games didn’t talk about when these tools would be coming to Fortnite. With so much content to enjoy and even more on the way, many fans are feeling optimistic about the future of Fortnite.