Fortnite's About to Make a Fortune by Flogging Freakin' Footwear

FFS Fortnite, you’re just too good at this. It had been rumoured, but now it’s officially announced: Kicks are coming to the biggest Battle Royale on the planet. Beginning with the new Chapter 2 Remix – read more about that through here – you’ll be able to equip your characters with shoes.

These will be compatible with 500 of the most popular skins to start with, and then will expand to 95 per cent of the game’s available outfits by the spring. The initial lineup of in-game sneakers available will include footwear from Nike and Jordan. There’s no word on how many V-Bucks they’ll cost.

Some shoes will be available in the Battle Pass, others will debut in the Item Shop. Expect many of these to be based on real-life brands, although there will also be originals designed exclusively for Fortnite.

While it’s ultimately just another avenue for Epic Games to make money with microtransactions, you have to applaud the genius of all this. Not only is the developer going to have every shoe brand on the planet lining up to debut their latest kicks in the game, fans are going to want to splash out on the latest footwear fashion to personalise their virtual protagonist even further.

Personally, we can’t wait to kit out our Goku skin with a giant pair of dunks.