Fortnite fans are pumped about the Kickoff Set being introduced to the game. Xbox put out a tweet celebrating the inclusion of the football skins and celebrations based on the legendary football player Pelé. if you play a lot of Fortnite, you’re going to be seeing a ton of that “Air Punch” celebration going forward. Also of note for players will be the Pelé Cup that began on Wednesday. Much like other “Cup” events, players will compete and try to score points based on their rankings and eliminating enemies. There are 10 distinct soccer outfits available as well: “Midfield Master,” “Sgt. Sweeper,” “Galactico,” “Power Poacher,” “Breakaway,” “Striker Specialist,” “Shot Stopper,” “Derby Dominator,” “Tiki Tackler,” and “Phenom.”
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Put us in, coach.
Team up with 23 global Football Clubs and rock the Kickoff set in Fortnite today: https://t.co/8Ir0Kw5pss pic.twitter.com/kyRvsWBVva
— Xbox (@Xbox) January 24, 2021
Epic Games dropped a full list of the football clubs participating in the new “Kickoff Set” outfits:
* Manchester City FC
* Juventus
* AC Milan
* Inter Milan
* AS Roma
* Seattle Sounders FC
* Atlanta United
* Los Angeles FC
* Santos FC
* Wolves
* 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 FC
* Western Sydney Wanderers
* EC Bahia
Will you be getting in on the new Cup activities? Let us know down in the comments! Check out the reactions down below:
Great Question
WHERE ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING FROM?! https://t.co/isbyd0TvNh
— bror (@brorlol) January 24, 2021
Accurate.
i love fortnite https://t.co/gZbGh8CBl1
— linko1010 (@Linko1010101010) January 24, 2021
It’s going down
@EddiTheHamster 👀 https://t.co/2qsPLcndMB
— RalphOfAllTrades (@iAmGroat) January 24, 2021
Beefing in the comments
You guys invented the word Soccer, talk about a self own.
— Kaspar – MetroidVaniac (@KasparMairowitz) January 24, 2021
People seem excited
Free to play (:
— Manoel (@Manoel70934264) January 24, 2021
One day…
Just waiting for them to let me make my appearance in Fortnite. Everyone else has 😂
— 黒浪人 (@KuroRoninTezz) January 24, 2021
It’s going to be wild
Football (or Soccer to some) is coming to Fortnite ⚽
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) January 19, 2021
Your favorite clubs’ Outfits, a new Creative Hub and we’ve teamed up with Legendary player @Pele to bring you the Pelé Cup. Compete to earn his iconic Air Punch Emote and the new Kickoff Set!
🔗: https://t.co/cIOah6XVTo
Sad day
My club could never lmao https://t.co/urQQI1RlsO
— Kieran (@KieSF1) January 20, 2021