Fortnite's Latest Pop Culture Collaboration Is With Soccer Legend Pele

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Fortnite's next collaboration brings in the world of Soccer to the battle royale game, and it includes a partnership with the soccer legend Pelé and outfits from some of the biggest clubs in the world. While the Kickoff Set of club outfits and Pelé's Air Punch Emote will be available to everyone on January 23, players will be able to participate in the Pelé Cup on January 20 for a chance to win both Pelé's emote and the Kickoff Set for free. Top scorers will also have a chance to win a customized signed shirt. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/01/19/fortnite-pel-air-punch-emote-trailer"] Much like the NFL outfits that were previously released for Fortnite, the Kickoff Set includes 10 variants of male and female outfits and each outfit can be swapped out for any of the 23 soccer clubs participating at any time. The full list includes;
  • Manchester City FC
  • Juventus
  • AC Milan
  • Inter Milan
  • AS Roma
  • Seattle Sounders FC
  • Atlanta United FC
  • Los Angeles FC
  • Santos FC
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
  • West Ham United FC
  • Sevilla FC
  • Sporting CP
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach
  • FC Schalke 04
  • VFL Wolfsburg
  • Rangers FC
  • Celtic FC
  • Cerezo Osaka
  • Melbourne City FC
  • Sydney GC
  • Western Sydney Wanderers
  • EC Bahia
[widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=fortnite-football-club-kit-skins&captions=true"] In addition, there will also be a soccer-inspired Creative island featured in the Creative Hub that will see players use "their bodies, Pickaxes, power-ups, speed boosts and more to try to outscore their opponents and come out the winner in this 4v4 bracket style gamemode." Each game will last two rounds, with the winners advancing to face each out and the 3rd and 4th-placing teams facing each other in a consolation match. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.
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