Pirates have washed ashore at Epic Games, with the company’s newest trailer showing off the latest Fortnite skins now available to players. Captain Jack Sparrow and some of the Pirates of the Caribbean cast -minus Will Turner- have been immortalized as the latest round of characters with whom players can battle and explore.
Fans of the series will enjoy seeing the brief movie references, the characters from Dead Man’s Chest battle it out, and all the plentiful bounty that the Fortnite team has bestowed upon us available to purchase with the Cursed Sails Pass.
Captain Jack Sparrow – In the Flesh?
In typical Jack Sparrow fashion, the trailer begins with our illustrious captain running for his life from an angry crowd. Watching and waiting aboard the Black Pearl are a familiar crew: Elizabeth Swann, Captain Barbossa, and Davy Jones himself in all his tentacled glory. That final flash of Captain Jack’s skeletal face shows the developers really fleshed out these skin graphics.
Speaking of Captain Jack’s skeletal face, did that look familiar in some way? Ring any bells?
Fans of Pirates of the Caribbean will recognize that it’s almost identical to the scene from the movie series-and that’s not all. A quick comparison reveals a grand reference to the big screen.
Captain Jack Sparrow is a runner, that much we know for certain after many years and many movies. The trailer’s frantic chase harkens back to the events of Dead Man’s Chest, when our star is running for his life to escape an angry mob.
Missing Movie Icon
Will’s absence has not gone unnoticed by fans, according to the YouTube comment section under the trailer video. Epic Games has not commented on this as of posting and may very well not do so, but any updates will be found here. Getting as much of Pirates as we can in the Cursed Sails update is certainly a gift in and of itself, better late than never.
One hint that we had of Captain Jack Sparrow’s forthcoming was the survey that Epic Games put out back in May. This list indicates that Johnny Depp was being considered to some degree by the developers, and now we see this come to fruition with the latest Fortnite update.
Cursed Sails Update
There’s a great deal of stuff in this latest Fortnite update, and players can take advantage of either the Free or Premium track on the Cursed Sails Pass. Another form of dubloons, or “Cursed Gold” will unlock special items, with more and more cursed gold unlocking more and more goods from the Cursed Sails Pass.
The eight quests in all are scheduled for a staggered release every two days continuing July 21 and ending August 2nd. While waiting, the character packs are available to buy in the shop. Each pack comes with a weapon, bling, or both respective to the character. For example, Captain Barbossa’s pack gets the weapon ‘Barbossa’s Sword Pickaxe’.
The reward items in either track, along with Jack’s Ship Glider, will still come up for sale in the shop at a later date and are not exclusive to this particular pack – a note the team made sure to include in the earlier announcement.
According to the Fortnite Team, the corresponding packs and bundle will be available for purchase in the shop until August 6, 2024, at 4am EST.
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