Latest The Simpsons Fortnite Short Sees Homer Rain Donuts Down on Springfield and Turn Professor Frink Into a Banana, as Long-Term Fans Celebrate The Return of The 'Omniverse'

The Simpsons' 2nd Fortnite abbreviated sets the signifier for the game's adjacent update, owed tomorrow, which volition spot elephantine donuts rainfall down connected Springfield in-game.

Released today, "Sugar High" follows Homer arsenic helium continues to "improve" world utilizing an all-powerful Zero Point shard. The abbreviated begins with Homer being fixed immoderate utile exposition from nonmigratory The Simpsons idiosyncratic Professor Frink, until Homer turns the idiosyncratic into caller mentation of Fortnite banana Peely (soon to beryllium disposable arsenic a tegument to conflict walk holders).

As Homer causes a rainfall of elephantine donuts to autumn down from the entity — thing players volition acquisition this coming week in-game — Springfield's residents crook against Homer. The 2nd fractional of the abbreviated past seemingly sets up next week's Fortnite theme, wherever Homer manages to clone himself and someway make a signifier of zombie army.

Fortnite plans to merchandise a further 2 Simpsons shorts which volition beryllium disposable online oregon via Disney+ crossed the second fractional of its Springfield mini-season, which is owed to culminate successful a large in-game unrecorded lawsuit connected November 29. Reaction to the crossover has been affirmative from fans, and developer Epic Games has celebrated a notable uptick successful players erstwhile compared to the game's erstwhile conflict royale season.

Fans of Fortnite's in-game communicative person besides had origin for celebration, arsenic repeated teases person signalled the imminent instrumentality of The Seven — the game's much-missed set of heroes who erstwhile drove Fortnite's storyline forwards, and who were played by a starry formed that included Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Brie Larsen, Joel McHale and Rahul Kohli.

While the characters are not expected to instrumentality earlier the extremity of the existent The Simpsons season, Fortnite instrumentality and loremaster Rezztro has pointed retired that today's abbreviated movie references the "Omniverse" — successful Fortnite lore, fundamentally the game's word for its multiverse of multiverses. It's a word introduced successful erstwhile Fortnite comics starring The Seven, and past mentioned by Dwayne Johnson's in-game quality The Foundation backmost successful 2022.

Also spotted successful today's teaser: further confirmation that Simpsons quality Moe volition beryllium purchasable arsenic an in-game skin, alongside an archetypal quality with a donut for a head.

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