The Brazilian will be part of the famous video game and more collaborations with footballers are expected in the future
The star of PSG and the Brazilian national team, Neymar will become the first athlete to be part of the popular video game Fortnite, as announced by Epic Games.
As part of the launch of the sixth season of the game “Primal”, video game players will be able to fight like Neymar while competing to win everything in Battle Royale.
Digital costumes (known as “skins”) are popular in the game and include collaborations with characters from Star Wars, The Walking Dead and Marvel. In addition, players have the ability to wear the uniforms of various football teams and Neymar’s presentation will mark the first time in the history of the game that an athlete has been built completely digitally.
Neymar is part of the “Icon Series”, which includes content creators of popular games that can also be chosen to play as Tyler “Ninja” Blevins and Spanish player TheGrefG, who recently broke the audience record on twitch while revealing his appearance Fortnite live, reaching an audience of 2.4 million viewers.
Epic Games Global Head of Partnerships, Nate Nanzer, said to ESPN with whom he and his team were in contact Neymar for “quite a long time”, because the Brazilian is a passionate player. Nanzer said this is the key to creating meaningful collaboration for both sides.
“We wanted to provoke agitation, to bring athletes who have a global appeal and based on the truly successful launch of global football in January, it is very well scheduled … Games are an important part of your life, when you are not playing football. We think this is a really authentic way to bring it into play and we can’t wait for the fans to see it. “
Nanzer said that sport is a key growth area for Fortnite, and football is a key point, given the overall impact of the game. More collaborations with football and other sports players are possible in the future.
Epic Games has not yet revealed when it will be Neymar’s first appearance, and to specify what his role will be.