Epic Games has set a date for its next big crossover between music and video game: starting September 27, Fortnite will premiere the Daft Punk Experience, a playable and immersive space dedicated to the legacy of the French duo. It's not a traditional concert, but rather an interactive tour that leads to a dance floor with nods to their era. Alive.
The general start will be at 15:00 PM (Argentina) / 12:00 PM (Mexico), with access to the pre-event lobby half an hour before (visible in Discover from 14:30 PM AR / 11:30 AM MX). The proposal is presented as a retrofuturistic journey for its sound and visual universe, with 31 songs selected and multiple activities to explore.
What it will be like and what time you can enter
The company emphasizes that it's not a live show, but rather a "playground" where each room offers a different way of interacting with its music. Early access to the lobby will allow you to meet up with friends and prepare for your entrance, leaving enabled 30 minutes before from the official start.
For those wondering, there will be no reunion of the duoThe activity is an interactive tribute based on its catalogue, with aesthetics and audiovisual resources adapted to the language of Fortnite and without live performances.
The tour culminates in a transformative dance floor which condenses moments of the tour Alive and the live Alive 2007The entire approach is designed to allow you to enter and exit as many times as you want, without the rigidity of a one-stop event.
With a focus of musical curationThe experience will serve to rediscover iconic pieces and also less common themes, taking advantage of the game mechanics to give them a creative twist.
Featured rooms and activities
En Dream Chamber Studios You'll be able to manipulate loops, assemble mashups, and create remixes from fragments of the duo's repertoire, with tools designed to make experimenting effortless for anyone.
La Robot Rock Arena adds action to the mix: you'll face waves of bots with a sound wave laser, unifying rhythm and combat in a dynamic that takes advantage of musical tempo.
"Around the World"will have a set to produce a music video with LEGO aesthetics, a playful nod to his iconography that focuses on visual creativity as much as audio.
The Daft Club The most social part awaits you: a dance space to relax, share and let the session flow. This is where the tribute to his stage legacy.
The display is completed with furniture of Hervet Manufacturier, a historical collaborator of the project, and with visual and sound contributions de NASA y The Recording Academy which reinforce the retro-futuristic character.
Cosmetics and items: dates, bundles and extras
Before the playable release, the September 25 will arrive at the store a Daft Punk batchThe expected time is 21:00 PM (AR/CL) / 18:00 PM (MX), with a selection of outfits and accessories in Fortnite and LEGO styles.
Notable GM08 and TB3 suits (each with its own helmet and accessories), retro backpacks, double-neck guitar y five-string bass, plus emotes like “Get Lucky” and “Around the World”The package also adds weapon papers/skins to complete the aesthetic ensemble.
As a special piece for LEGO Fortnite fans, the Daft Punk Pyramid, a construction that reacts to music with a spectacle of synchronized lights, designed for those who enjoy creating and decorating their worlds.
For advanced customization, there will be decoration sets and Faster Stronger Room or Rig Robot Rock, designed to reproduce visual hints of different stages of the duo.
Scope, copyright, and what's next
Epic Games is betting on converting Fortnite in a cultural space, where music and technology coexist for a wide audience. On this occasion, the duo's separation does not prevent their work from stay alive in the game through an interactive format.
The creators of the program Support a Creator podran monetize videos on demand related to the YouTube experience between the September 27 (14:30 PM AR / 11:30 AM MX) and the October 4 (14:30 PM AR / 11:30 MX), with no provision for rights blocking during that period.
A is planned official post-party after the premiere, the details of which will be detailed later, thus extending the celebration time for those who wish to continue in the musical environment after the main tour.
With clear schedules, a concert-free but interaction-packed approach, 31 iconic tracks and a cosmetics package with its own identity, the Daft Punk Experience is shaping up to be a broad-based approach to playing, creating, and reliving an essential part of electronic music within the Fortnite ecosystem.
