Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 2 is live and involves spies, bananas and Deadpool

Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 2 is live and involves spies, bananas and Deadpool

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If you've wondered how Deadpool would fit into a Mission: Impossible movie, the new season of "Fortnite" is right up your alley.

Chapter 2, Season 2 of Epic Game's international megahit launched Thursday morning, introducing new items, changes to the maps, a bunch of playable spy-themed characters like Maya (the first fully customizable Fortnite skin), Meowscles (a buff cat-man) and Agent Peely (a banana in a smoking jacket). New elements of the map include Bond-inspired elements like a volcano hideout, a giant yacht and a cave with a massive shark's head. New gameplay elements, on the other hand, seem to reference other video games: The return of C4 and the ability to hide in a cardboard box are no doubt homages to espionage series "Metal Gear Solid."

And yes, the fourth-wall-breaking Marvel superhero Deadpool will be involved in some capacity, but since he only makes a brief appearance at the end of the trailer, it's impossible to say for now what that capacity will be.

Though not everyone has played "Fortnite," most people will have at least know the popular "floss" dance, which was popularized by the game. "Fortnite" is a free-to-play online battle royale game in which characters face off against 99 strangers on a mythical island full of abandoned towns, weapons and supernatural elements that change from season to season. While most of the combat involves real-world inspired weapons like assault rifles and shotguns, players can also strategically collect resources to build walls, ramps and forts to give themselves an advantage.

"Fortnite" is free to play, but character skins and other conveniences require in-game purchases with "V-Bucks," which in turn are available at Amazon and Gamestop. If you're purchasing V-Bucks for someone else, make sure you buy them for the right platform — Playstation 4 V-Bucks are not compatible with the Nintendo Switch version of the game. Agent Peely, of course, is already available in doll form (two different versions, in fact).

Fortnite was created by Epic Games, developers of the Unreal Engine, which in turn is the technological foundation of franchises like "Mortal Kombat," "Borderlands" and "Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order."

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Joshua Sargent is an editor for Hearst Newspapers. Email him at josh.sargent@hearst.com.

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