A week into its new Marvel season, Fortnite has added a large Black Panther statue to a corner of its map.
The statue only appeared in-game a few hours ago, but Marvel fans have already been using it to pay tribute to Chadwick Boseman, the brilliant Black Panther actor who passed away last Friday, aged just 43.
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Beautiful Black Panther area in Fortnite 🖤
Rest in Power Chadwick Boseman 🙏#Fortnite #BlackPanther #gamer pic.twitter.com/k7ILuMbaDI— TeamBBB (@TeamBBB123) September 1, 2020
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Fans are now calling for a Black Panther skin to be made available in-game, with proceeds going to charity.
This is the third chunk of Marvel landscape added to the game over the past week, following Ant Man’s house (a dog kennel fashioned into a roomy barn) and a TRASK prisoner transport vehicle (a more obscure X-Men reference).
At least one more of these locations will be added over the next few days, while villain Galactus continues his approach in Fortnite’s skybox and Stark Industries shields power up around the island in an attempt to protect it from Galactus’ planet-eating appetite.