Fortnite got Goku, Vader and Sonic in one game by a rule Hollywood couldn't accept
aakashgupta · x · 2026-10-02
Goku, Darth Vader, Freddy Fazbear and Sonic now share a Fortnite lobby — deals Marvel, DC, Toei, Disney and Sega all signed despite 85 years of Hollywood cross-licensing paralysis. Ex-Epic author explains the key: every licensed character is a cosmetic skin with identical stats, so no brand is canonically beaten. The other half is scale: 12.3 million concurrent viewers for the Travis Scott concert showed every rights holder Fortnite's distribution power.
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