Fortnite OG Was Weirdly Predicted by Avengers: Endgame in 2019

Fortnite returning to its classic map in the OG Update was weirdly predicted by Marvel in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.

A scene showing Kronan warrior (rock man) Korg playing Fortnite on a PlayStation 4 was long considered a slight mistake but has now, somehow, fixed itself.

While Avengers: Endgame was released in 2019 (and therefore filmed even earlier), the movie was set in our current year of 2023. Thanks to Fortnite being an evolving game, however, its map and overall look has changed drastically in the four years since it featured in Avengers.

The more, dare we say, pedantic fans therefore picked up that the classic Fortnite being played by Korg would no longer be available in 2023, creating a slight innacuracy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. All that changed on November 2, however, when Epic Games released the OG Update for the beloved battle royale.

This returned Fortnite to its roots, and playing the Tilted Towers area like Korg all of a sudden became possible again for the first time since 2019, when Epic decided to completely redo Fortnite’s map and kick out the original locations forever (or so we thought).

Avengers Endgame (2019) was set in 2023 but showed Korg somehow playing Chapter 1 Fortnite. Now we know how 🤯 pic.twitter.com/6mjIzDfpG8

— arkheops (@itsarkheops) November 5, 2023

Avengers really predicted OG Fortnite coming back in 2023 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/LiFDx1hGJM

— Cade (@TheHarringt0n) November 3, 2023

Fortnite OG is only intended to be available for four weeks in total, though its success may make Epic reconsider. The update immediately caused a huge spike in players before the game recorded its “biggest day” ever during the first weekend Fortnite OG was available.

These likely aren’t numbers Epic can ignore, as recent financial struggles forced it to lay off 830 employees. Fortnite, as one of the most influential video games of all time, plays a significant part in the company’s overall success, but CEO Tim Sweeney recently admitted Fortnite isn’t as easy to make money from as when it first exploded in popularity.

“While Fortnite is starting to grow again, the growth is driven primarily by creator content with significant revenue sharing, and this is a lower margin business than we had when Fortnite Battle Royale took off and began funding our expansion,” he said in September 2023.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.