Why are there no more events in Fortnite? Former creative director of Epic Games reveals why

Donald Mustard, former creative director of Epic Games and one of the most visible faces of Fortnite before leaving his post last September, has revealed very interesting facts in a recent interview, such as Nintendo’s reluctance to “lend” characters for the game or why there are no more events. To the latter, he gave a very simple answer: it’s a matter of resources. The expansion of Fortnite from a simple video game to an “experience hub” has meant that the company’s staff have had to spread their workload between the different modes such as LEGO Fortnite, Fortnite Festival, Rocket Racing, and Battle Royale itself, making events less and less common.

According to Donald Mustard, there are hardly any events in Fortnite now because of the new game modes

In a recent interview with Game File, Donald Mustard revealed the main reason why there aren’t as many events in Fortnite as there used to be. That is the in-game events were one of the great hallmarks of the popular video game from Epic Games. Experiences like the Galactus event or The End event, in which Fortnite was “swallowed” by a black hole, were enjoyed live by millions of players around the world, which speaks very well of Fortnite’s ability to bring people together.

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According to Mustard, the fact that Fortnite pivoted from “just a video game” to an experience hub in December 2023 with the new Rocket Racing (racing), Fortnite Festival (music/rhythm), and LEGO Fortnite (building/survival) modes is the main reason why there are so few events in the game now.

Epic Games’ Fortnite live events staff have had to grapple with the content of these new game modes and how to make them work properly, which is why, whereas there used to be around three or four Fortnite events a year, there’s now barely one a year. At the time of writing, the most recent event was the Eminem concert, which kicked off Battle Royale Chapter 5.

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Mustard also revealed that this was a deciding factor in his decision to leave Epic Games, the company he had been with since his company Chair Entertainment was acquired by Epic in 2008.

While the creative was in favor of Fortnite’s new changes, he didn’t like that Epic Games decided to prioritize them to the point where live events were dropped.

Donald Mustard’s Fortnite dream has come true

Another of the great defining elements of Fortnite is the sheer number of collaborations available, both real people and fictional beings from all sorts of franchises. Characters like Spider-Man can team up with Batman, Goku, or Naruto to fight each other or anyone else.

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And that was a big part of Donald Mustard’s intention for Fortnite. As he revealed in this interview, he wanted to make Fortnite something like a big toy box where they could mix and match different dolls from different franchises without anyone putting strict rules on them like this or that character “would never do that” or “would never interact with that one”. The creative left Epic Games happy, having achieved his goal.