Need a reminder of your mortality? Electronic musician Marshmello played a concert in Fortnite over the weekend, and over 10 million people rocked up to experience it. As you can imagine, there were plenty of floss emotes being triggered, as fans all over the globe danced the night away to the ten minute set. Even more decided to experience it via Twitch – because it’s not like the game is free to download or anything.
This was probably the best-attended gig in history, which is bizarre when you think about it. More importantly, the actual in-game event itself has been lavished in praise, with choreographed visuals matching the music and free virtual items for anyone who attended. While it does undoubtedly make us feel old, this is a pretty amazing feat – we’ve got to a point now where games can host one-off concerts and millions of people will turn up. Crazy!
[source twitter.com, via youtube.com]
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This blows my mind.
First Fortnite event I remembered to log in for and thought it was great fun, my two kids and my wife (who hates Fortnite) thought it was brilliant.
@Alex_Bevan That's so cool.
People will scoff because it’s Fortnite, but PSVR should be hosting these kind of events.
@kyleforrester87 Yeah, the World Cup was pretty impressive in VR, even if the tech's still not quite mature enough yet. I agree.
If it was Tale Of Us I would've downloaded the game and joined the party.
This is actually looks fun, I can see myself attending this if I didn't already uninstall fortnite.
And it was actually live with Marsh and not prerecorded! Impressive!
Glad everybody had fun, but at least I've heard of Fortnite. Aside from being a knock-off Deadmau5, just who the heck is Marshmellon?!
I work hard, everyday, I've just got to say, everyday. I work hard everyday, I've just got to say, everyday.
The one off events have evolved, giving a real sense of community and place. But Shakespeare can rest peacefully knowing the lyrics are garbage.
I want to see everyone Jump. It's me your man Marshmallow. Omg it's embarrassing. Someone put him on a stick over a fire.
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