Fortnite has slowly become the ultimate Celebrity Deathmatch game featuring, collaborations with Pixar, Marvel, anime series, and even real-life celebrities like Will Smith, Eminem, Lady Gaga, and now–possibly–Shaquille O’Neal. According to a leak by the famous Fortnite leaker ShiinaBR, Epic Games has teamed up with the basketball and entertainment icon to release cosmetics based on him to Fortnite on October 4.
Shaq, who sometimes goes under the alias of DJ Diesel, posted a clip of his latest set to TikTok Monday night. You can briefly see the screens at the venue showed brief clips of Shaq’s apparent in-game Fortnite model (warning for those with photosensitivity).
FORTNITE X SHAQ – OCTOBER 4 pic.twitter.com/vPIQwftc21
— Shiina (@ShiinaBR) September 30, 2024
“Toronto…last night was EPIC ;)”, Shaq posted along with the video, with the not-so-subtle nod to the Fortnite maker.
Shaq’s quasi-reveal is just one of the characters to join up shortly as the game’s annual Halloween event, Fornitemare, as Shiina also revealed horror icons like the Saw franchise’s Billy the Puppet, Leatherface from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, and a spooky version of DJ Marshmello are on the way.
Obviously this is not the first time Epic Games has made skins based on NBA teams or specific players. In 2022, Fortnite released skins of the 30 teams in the entire league. This is the first time though that Epic has teamed up with the star of Shaq-Fu.
