Latest tips on Fortnite leaks at a Street Fighter crossover event

A Fortnite and Street Fighter crossover event appears to be underway, according to recently leaked resources. Fortnite dataminers, including ShiinaBR and Lucas7yoshi, posted images on Twitter that point to the iconic fighting franchise being the next entry in Fortnite Season 2 Chapter 5. According to ShiinaBR, the latest Fortnite multiverse portal has been labeled ‘ Skirmish ‘, and the images embedded in his tweet suggest that the Street Fighter world is about to collide with Fortnite.

Audio from the Skirmish Portal! pic.twitter.com/Q4V3MRBgFy

– ShiinaBR – Fortnite Leaks (@ShiinaBR) February 19, 2021

The images appear to show the level of Street Fighter 2’s Suzaku Castle, and an accompanying audio file suggests that Ryu will be part of the Street Fighter crossover. A distorted version of Ryu’s theme can be heard playing alongside the leaked images, so it wouldn’t be a complete surprise to see Ryu added as a worthy character or skin.

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Meanwhile, Lucas7yoshi’s tweet apparently shows what the Street Fighter portal will look like when it comes to the game. Again, the portal shows Sukazu Castle acting as an entry point for the Fortnite map, but it does not provide any further details about what other characters or content can bridge the gap between the two games.

The Street Fighter portal is now active.pic.twitter.com/LXTFzBoODu

– Lucas7yoshi – Fortnite Leaks (@ Lucas7yoshi) February 19, 2021

Fortnite dataminers reportedly failed to decipher which Street Fighter characters will be added to Fortnite. According to Eurogamer, two encrypted files were found in the Fortnite code, but their identities are unknown. Given how popular Ryu and Chun-Li are among Street Fighter fans, however, it is possible that they are the fighters who will enter the world of Fortnite.

If the rumors are true, Street Fighters will be the last series to cross over to Fortnite in recent times. Characters from the Marvel, Star Wars, Terminator, Predator and Walking Dead franchises arrived somewhere in Chapter 5 of Season 2, while video game characters including Master Chief and Kratos were also made into skins.

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Tom Power is a UK based freelance journalist. Follow him on Twitter.