Prototype via Warner Bros. Pictures

Over xx years after it was created, The Matrix is front and center again in the media landscape. The Matrix Resurrections is set to resume the flick serial' story on December 22, and the recently released tech demo, The Matrix Awakens, served as an instance of what the PlayStation five and Xbox Series X/S consoles are capable of while running Unreal Engine 5. If claims by dataminers are to be believed, characters from the groundbreaking flick series will also debut in Fortnite during the second half of December.

In November, Fortnite leaker HYPEX claimed in a now-deleted tweet that Matrix protagonists Neo and Trinity would be playable in an upcoming "Fortnite X Matrix" collaboration reportedly scheduled for the second one-half of December. No further details were provided regarding an verbal release date. Given that The Matrix Resurrections is set up to hitting theaters on December 22, information technology seems probable the collaboration would fall somewhere around that date. Epic has yet to confirm when the collaboration will happen or fifty-fifty announce that i is happening, only nosotros will update this article every bit more than information surfaces regarding the crossover.

The question surrounding Fortnite's crossover with The Matrix is more than a matter of "when," rather than "if." In early on Dec, HYPEX uncovered an animated rain wrap texture within one of Fortnite's updates that diameter a heavy resemblance to the code representing The Matrix seen throughout the movies, seemingly confirming a collaboration of some sort is on the way.