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23.04.2024 - 16:21 / videogameschronicle.com / Billie Eilish / Battle Royale / Tom Ivan / Ios
The latest Fortnite Festival update has finally added support for Rock Band 4 guitar controllers.
Developed by Rock Band studio Harmonix, which Epic Games acquired in 2021, Fortnite Festival is a free-to-play music game which lets players perform in a band with friends or play solo with tracks from popular artists.
Players have eagerly been awaiting support for guitar controllers since the free-to-play rhythm game launched in December alongside two other live service experiences, Fortnite Lego and Fortnite: Rocket Racing.
“You can now use your Rock Band 4 guitar controllers to go all out on new Pro Lead and Pro Bass song parts on the Main Stage on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC,” Epic said. “Check out the table below to see whether your controller is supported with the launch of Season 3.”
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Just yesterday, we learned that Billie Eilish would be headlining Season 3 of Fortnite Festival, the free-to-play music mode which has slowly but surely cornered the periphery market. With the update now live, there were a few welcome extra additions. For starters, guitar controller support for Harmonix's previous effort, Rock Band 4, is now available, meaning those dusty old axes can finally be put to good use.
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You may be able to give those plastic Rock Band guitars you have stuffed away in the attic a new lease of life. Fortnite Festival (a Rock Band-style mode that debuted in Fortnite in December) now supports several Rock Band 4 controllers across PlayStation, Xbox and PC, as detailed in a blog post.