Fortnite’s newest update is bringing a feline feel to the game, with a focus on the nine-lived household pets in two spectacular skins.
We’re now deep into Fortnite’s latest crossover with Marvel, which introduced a bunch of new characters along with Marvel-inspired skins for the likes of Jonesy and Peely, and that trend is set to continue. Fortnite’s next update on Sept. 4 is bringing two feline characters center stage: Black Cat and Sabretooth—well, a version of Sabretooth.
Black Cat, a.k.a. Felecia Hardy, enters the game with a classic Spider-Man look that will certainly leave players purring. Black Cat will be a shop item starting on Sept. 14, with a leaked banner from HypeX showing the LEGO Style, a guitar, Back Bling, and Pickaxe—making it the second new Spider-Man-inspired skin to join the store this season following Iron Spider.
The second feline skin will enter the shop on Sept. 6, and will certainly be a fan favorite. We’re finally getting Meowcles as Wolverine baddy Sabertooth.
Sabertooth’s arrival has been a long time coming, with players able to earn a Back Bling in the battle pass and The Raft location having a cell with a particular cat theme, revealing who its former inhabitant was.
Black Cat and Sabertooth’s respective skins will bolster the crop of villains in the current Fortnite season, where Doctor Doom reigns supreme and the heroes have vanished—or are locked up in his castle. A fresh batch of story quests revolving around Shuri is due to drop with the Fortnite update, however, which may put the momentum back in the hands of the heroes—so we could still see the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, and more on their way.
Whether anyone else from the Fortnite scene will be receiving a Marvel makeover remains to be seen, but we can certainly hope so if they are as good as Peelverine and Meowscles as Sabertooth.
