Taking a timeout from its usual love affair with all things comic book-related, Epic Games has, today, decided to take full advantage of Fortnite‘s global reach to deliver something far more poignant. In a new interactive experience presented by TIME Studios, players of the popular battle royale can, for a limited time, celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. by immersing themselves in a fan-created Washington, D.C. circa 1963.
Epic credits ChaseJackman, GQuanoe, XWDFr, and YU7A for recreating the site where MLK Jr. delivered his timeless and impassioned “I Have A Dream” speech in-game. The experience not only allows one to immerse themselves in the historically and socially significant event, but explore the circumstances that led to it.
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This is presented in the form of a museum documenting the Civil Rights movement, with a series of collaborative mini-games and quests also available to anyone who chooses to participate. Completing all the challenges associated with the March Through Time will unlock a D.C. ’63 spray for use in any of Fortnite‘s existing modes. Anyone interested in further reading to gain a deeper understanding of Civil Rights in the US can pay TIME’s dedicated March Through Time website a visit by hitting the link below.
There’s no mention of how long the welcome celebration of MLK Jr.’s life is intended to stick around in-game, so it’s definitely worth booting up Fortnite at your next earliest convenience to experience the first of hopefully many more unique experiences to come.
