In case you somehow missed it, Fortnite developer Epic Games revealed an official Green Arrow skin earlier today, and it’s essentially just The CW’s version of the character from the show Arrow. The show, you may recall, starred Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen / The Hood / The Arrow and so on. Well, now he has weighed in on the disclosure of the Fortnite skin with a particularly funny slant.
“Where’s the goatee?” Amell asked. You may or may not remember that one of the talking points was a long time ago Arrow was still new on the scene, was Amell’s appearance as the character and his lack of the historically traditional blond goatee. You can watch his tweet below:
Where’s the goatee? https://t.co/qyFply27sc
– Stephen Amell (@StephenAmell) December 23, 2020
The Arrow-inspired Green Arrow look will join the video game on December 31 at 7:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. PT as part of January’s Fortnite Crew Pack. Fortnite itself recently launched Chapter 2 – Season 5 following an earth-shattering live event from Galactus at the end of last season. The game itself is currently available on most major platforms, but the iOS version notably hit a snag after Epic Games deliberately triggered a series of events that caused it to be removed from the App Store. The legal battle over that decision is ongoing, but the short version is: no one is playing Chapter 2 – Season 5 on an iPhone right now. Fortnite However, Chapter 2 – Season 5 is currently underway on the other platforms. You can review all of our previous reporting about it Fortnite here.
What do you think of the new Green Arrow skin? Have you already subscribed to Fortnite Crew – or will the Green Arrow skin get you to do so? Let us know in the comments, or feel free to contact me directly on Twitter at @rollinbishop to talk about gaming!