We’ve sung to the tune of Fortnite many a time here on Push Square, but the Battle Royale shooter keeps on going from strength to strength. The game has quickly become known for its impressive live events in-game, and yesterday, Epic Games put on the most extravagant show yet -- setting a new record in the process. An incredible 12.3 million people saw rapper Travis Scott put on a concert inside Fortnite, which you can watch for yourself in the video above courtesy of GamesRadar.
This statistic eclipses the 10.7 million viewers Marshmello managed to pull in for his own in-game gig, with the gap widening even further if you take viewership numbers into account across streaming platforms. Scott performed hits such as Sicko Mode and Highest in the Room and the musician seemed to be pretty chuffed with how the event went.
If you'd like to catch this show for yourself in Fortnite, the Astronomical concert will be hosting encores in-game every day across the weekend at various times. Head on over to The Verge to learn more. How impressive is this? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
[source theverge.com]
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This game is incredible.
Fortnite is definitely not my thing but my kids play it off and on with all their buddies. I gotta say that was one of the coolest things I've seen from a live event in a game and watching them enjoy it with all their friends together (on Zoom) was a great moment. Say what you want about the game itself but Epic has that part figured out very well, I was very impressed by it!
@redd214 I love hearing things like this. Fortnite is a genuine part of this generation's childhood.
I’m going to a festival in Minecraft tonight run by the PC Music label with Charli XCX, GFOTY, Kero Kero Bonito, 100 Gecs and more in attendance. It’s gonna be wild.
@LiamCroft it certainly is! And while I don't necessarily "get it" from a gameplay standpoint, it's impossible to ignore how cool something like this was.
PaRappa the Rapper is better than most modern rappers nowadays.
@ApostateMage If Epic Games can secure PaRappa for a live gig in Fortnite, I'll be there.
Never played Fornite.
Never heard of Travis Scott.
Never heard of "Sicko Mode".
And I'm perfectly okay with all of that.
I'm just going to sit here in my rocking chair with my pipe and slippers, in a nice warm cardigan. You kids have fun, but keep the noise down, okay?
@Paranoimia I was feeling almost the same! (I've played Fortnite for one week to see what the fuss was all about, but I got sick of hiding in bushes)
But what is this Travis Sicko Scott thing? As you said, I'll be reading in my chair, watching them kids from the corner of my eyes....
Don't play Fortnite(neither do my kids)but I am a fan the game and the events they do are very good,watched the Travis Scott event on a replay and it was brilliant.
This is amazing.
KID CUDI AND LA FLAME ABOUT TO TAKE OVER 2020.
STREAM THE SCOTTS.
Who is Travis Scott?
On a serious note, it's a shame people don't like good music. I might have just given the game a go for a bit of jazz, classical, progressive metal, thrash, blues. Even a bit of frickin Phil Collins. For this? Nawwww. Marshmello is a tad better but still not worth bothering with.
Fortnite appears to have transitioned from a game to a social space that a game is played in, amongst other things.
As with the other Elders here, it's not my bag but still very impressive what can be done in it and how current tech is adopted.
Terry Scott you say, wasn't he in a show with June Whitfield?
Now what was it called again....
@Jayofmaya It depends what artist from those genres. Jazz and metal have their Travis Scotts, same as any other genre, like Kenny G. Same as how there’s a Nas or A Tribe Called Quest for every Charles Mingus or Black Sabbath.
Saw his skin in the shop and was like, who the heck is Travis Scott? Lol. Looks lame.
Get Metallica in there and I'll pay a hundred bucks to attend and buy all the skins. Lol
stupid, deff. for the kids, I seen this game played it just like leggos you gotta build and then chop it all up
@Paranoimia
Same. Except I've played for a few minutes. Enough to know it wasn't for me.
@Jayofmaya +1 for the Phil Collins mention.
@Jayofmaya wut? It’s possible to like many types of music. I don’t stop listening to current music just because I’m old. Jus saying
Who the hell is travis scott? Lol.
On a side note whos heard the new Aletheia ep by Sutrah?!!
@Arnna I like current music, but not this club or mumble rap stuff. It's very lazy. The production tweaks are really the only thing they have going for it, at all. The chords are repetitive and the lyrics are often trash.
@nessisonett True. I do actually like Nas. Whose world is this?! I made it sound like I don't like hip hop at all. Woops. I will say that having been to hip hop concerts as well as rock, metal and blues, I preffered the ones with guitar work. Getting to watch the finger work as well as the hype from the vocalist (if there was one) was more interesting for me.
@Paranoimia +1 for the +1. Now time to go listen to Something Happened on the Way to Heaven.
@nessisonett @Jayofmaya just to think 20 years ago 16 million + gamers were listening to jazz and loving it... probably not even realising it was Jazz. The joy of the original The Sims.
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