Epic Games Announce Winner of the Fortnite Blockbuster Competition

A Fortnite player named Janthony has won the Blockbuster Competition, earning him 25,000 V-Bucks.

His victory also means that his movie, which was created using the Replay Tool built into the game, will be played in-game at the Risky Reels drive-in theatre, and the name of his movie written on the marquee found there.

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The plot of the film, titled Prepare For Collision, features characters from Season 4 and shows a race against time as the villain of the piece Omega escapes prison, and launches a missile towards Tilted Towers. With things looking bleak, Carbon stops the missile just before it crashes into Tilted Towers, and then challenges Omega to a dance competition,and with a little help, sends Omega back to prison.

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The Blockbuster contest asked players to direct their own short films, using the Replay Tool inside the game to capture the footage. 

Creators needed to tell a story based around the idea of superheroes, which was the theme for Season 4.

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Epic Games announced the Blockbuster competition during Season 4, with the contest running from July 2 to July 11. The winner was scheduled to be announced on July 24, but due to a huge number of entries, this was pushed back.

While Janthony is taking home the grand prize, five finalists have also been selected and will each take home 10,000 V-Bucks for their efforts.