Fortnite’s concert series makes a comeback with a Rocket League rave
Epic Games is making a comeback with its in-game Fortnite concert series which will be held virtually this time. The performance will be by electronic artist Kaskade over the course of the 26th March weekend. The concert will be held inside Fortnite’s Party Royale game mode, also featuring tie-ins with Rocket League’s upcoming season. This is because the popular competitive car soccer game is developed by Epic-owned studio Psyonix.
There’s a lot of, shall we say, corporate synergy going on here. Psyonix has a well-established partnership with the electronic music label Monstercat. This is to bring leading producers of house, bass, and other genres into Rocket League’s in-game soundtrack. And Kaskade just last fall released his Monstercat debut, an EP called Reset.
Now, Kaskade will perform Reset in its entirety within Fortnite. His performance will be followed by the debut of the Rocket League season’s new trailer.
The producer and DJ will also apparently “drive Rocket League cars” around to various in-game stages and “arrive at the new Neon Fields for a festival-style performance.” Not only this but also the concert can be viewed with friends from the social video app Houseparty, another of Epic’s acquisitions from the last few years.
Fortnite’s concert series started in 2019, with a record-breaking in-game performance by electronic artist Marshmello. It became a surprising hit during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Travis Scott’s Fortnite performance last April enticed more than 12 million people, and the company’s Party Royale mode was launched around the same time. It has become an avenue for all sorts of in-game events and the kinds of cross-cultural spectacles that have transformed Fortnite into a kind of hybrid media destination.
The Kaskade concert will happen inside Party Royale on 26th March at 8 PM ET, and then on 27th March at 9 AM ET and 2 PM ET. It will be part of the next “Llama-Rama” event, where players can earn in-game items and other rewards for playing both Rocket League and Fortnite, starting March 25th and running until April 9th.
