Forget Batman or Captain America, ‘Fortnite’ has just announced its latest playable hero and it’s none other than the humble tradie.
Love it or hate it, Fortnite isn’t going away anytime soon. But whether you are paying for tutors or cringe at its very mention, the game has announced a character we can all truly get behind.
Yes, the global phenomenon will soon let you play as none other than a good ol’ Aussie tradie. Struth!
The new skin comes courtesy of a collaboration between the game’s creator, Epic Games, and popular Aussie YouTuber Lannan ‘Lazarbeam’ Eacott.
Chucking on the ‘Lazarbeam Outfit’, which will be available to purchase from March 5, will instantly transform you into the classic worker. The skin has all the usual trappings one would expect too – a tool belt, sledge hammer and hi-vis shirt.
You can watch the the tradie skin reveal below:
Plus a ‘Lunch Break’ Emote will even let you tuck into a meat pie in-game. It better have been from 7-Eleven or we’re calling bullshit.
That said, we’re kinda disappointed they didn’t go with ‘smoko’, but according to Eacott it’s not for a lack of trying.
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Eacott is naturally chuffed over the development and sees it as a real honour. “Never thought a scuffed kid like myself would achieve something like this but I’m very excited for people to run around as Lazarbeam in-game,” he said.
The local creator started his YouTube career in 2015 under the guise of Lazarbeam – with a series of videos focusing on his gaming achievements and challenges. These days, his posts can reach upwards of 20 million views, which is absolutely bloody impressive.
Meanwhile, just putting this out into the cosmos but we’d love to see a whole bunch of Aussie icons join the ranks of Fortnite now. Somebody please get us skins of Alf Stewart, Harold Bishop and Agro pronto and we’d surely be logging in daily.
