Avengers assemble! Captain America skin available in Fortnite

It’s time to assemble Marvel fans! In what comes as a good news for fans, the platform has announced the arrival of the First Avenger – Captain America – to Fortnite. In the Item Shop, Cap’s outfit includes two items – his Proto-Adamantium Pickaxe and Back Bling. Wield the shield as your pickaxe, or display it proudly on your back. As an extra bonus, celebrate Cap’s arrival with the Grand Salute emote!

“Armed with his indestructible shield and iron will, Super-Soldier Steve Rogers won’t give up until the mission is finished. He can do this all day, and now you can too!” Marvel said in a statement, while announcing the arrival. 

Epic Games has announced that a Captain America skin is the latest comic book-themed skin to be added to “Fortnite.” The skin would cost you 2,000 V-bucks (about $20) from the “Fortnite” in-game store.

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You will also get the disc-shaped shield which can be worn on your back just like Cap does or use it like a pickaxe in the game. The shield actually appeared in “Fortnite” last year and only for a limited time in an Avengers-themed mode. During that period, however, you could not but the shield or wear it whenever you felt like doing so.

This is not the first time when Fortnite has brought a superhero skin to the game. In the past, it had “The merc with a mouth,” – Deadpool - to last season’s battle pass. The game is likely to allow users to have Aquaman as part of this season’s battle pass. As part of last year’s “Avengers” crossover and X-Force skins, both Black Widow and Star-Lord were sold by Epic Games. Other skins representing DC Comics characters include Batman, Catwoman, and Harley Quinn.