24 January 2023 , 15:05
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In celebration of the Dead Space remake coming out this Friday, it seems only appropriate that gaming's favourite marketing vehicle – sorry, battle royale – would have another crossover.
That's right folks, it seems January is blue-collar, undead slayer month in Fortnite. First, we had the return of The Evil Dead's Ash Williams to the island. Now everyone's favourite Necromorph-slayer, Isaac Clarke, is entering the fray via the Strange Transmissions Quest Pack.
The pack, which costs £9.99 / $11.99 / AU$17.55 from the item shop, contains the Isaac Clarke skin; two back blings, including Isaac's iconic RIG that displays your health, and a model of the planet-cracking USG Ishimura; Isaac's Plasma Cutter in the form of a pickaxe; and some V-Bucks.
The Plasma Cutter also includes a handy emote that lets you quickly switch to the weapon even if you have a different pickaxe equipped. The functionality is similar to Chapter 3 Season 2's Doctor Strange skin, and gives you a light advantage over players not running with the Fortnite Dead Space skin.
On top of all of those goodies, the bundle comes with a series of quests, dubbed Strange Transmissions, which rewards you with 1,500 V-Bucks upon completion. You just need to complete the required number of Daily Bonus Goals to earn the in-game currency as the rewards.
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It pays for itself
The Fortnite x Dead Space crossover has dropped days ahead of the Dead Space remake release (Epic Games)The best part of this bundle is the Strange Transmissions quests that will net you a total of 1,500 V-Bucks upon completion. So the pack essentially pays for itself, as the virtual cash equates to roughly £10 / $12 / AU$18 in real money. That's a hefty amount of V-Bucks that you could then put towards buying the skin for gaming's grumpiest monster hunter, Geralt of Rivia, from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
If you want some help tracking those Strange Transmissions quests, why not make your life easier with the new Falcon Scout drone or find out how to power up Isaac with the new Fortnite Augments mechanics?
If, like me, you are a seriously lapsed Fortnite player, now seems like a perfect time to return to the game as data miners have seemingly discovered a curiously labelled sound file within the Chapter 4 code that hints at the return of Tilted Towers.
Although you can file this under rumours that will likely happen at some point, what we do know is that a fully featured version of Fortnite is likely to return to iOS in 2023.