Rare ‘Fortnite’ skin returns to the game

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Fortnite skin has been readded to the game ahead of the upcoming Big Bang event.The original Black Widow skin has returned to Fortnite in a shock return, with this being the first time that the skin has been available in-game since Avengers: Endgame was released in 2019.

In addition to this, Black Widow’s emote has also returned to the game.Popular Fortnite account ShiinaBR posted the news on X (formerly Twitter), simply writing “OG BLACK WIDOW HAS RETURNED OMG.”Another X account, Ali-A, noted that the skin has been away from Fortnite for a total of 1,668 days.It’s unclear if this is the first of several rare skins returning to the game, or if this is just a one-off, however.Recently, Fortnite revealed that Eminem is coming to the game during the upcoming Big Bang event, with a selection of skins currently available based on the rapper.

It’s likely that the rapper will be performing during the event, similar to how Ariana Grande sang during a previous event.Epic Games is also rolling back its controversial age restrictions with the upcoming December 3 update that is stopping certain skins from being used within certain maps of the game until they’re able to find a “long-term solution” to the feature.“Cosmetic gating will be disabled for the majority of Fortnite cosmetics until we have a long-term solution in place,” A blog post reads.“We were conservative in how we reviewed cosmetics and their potential impact on an island’s rating.

We are evaluating all cosmetics again now.”Elsewhere in gaming, Baldur’s Gate 3 has received a new 30GB update that adds a brand new epilogue to the game, two new difficulty modes, and a whole host of fixes to already existing issues in the game..