Fortnite Festival now supports local 4-player multiplayer

Just over a year ago, Epic Games added multiple new game modes to Fortnite, including the Guitar Hero-esque Fortnite Festival. In the year since, the mode has gotten a bunch of updates – from new songs to support for guitar controllers. Now, Epic is taking its next big step with Festival, letting up to 4 players jam out together with local multiplayer.

Making the announcement on their blog, the team at Epic Games unveiled their latest set of updates coming to Fortnite Festival, saying “The launch of Festival Season 7 comes with a new local multiplayer feature on PlayStation and Xbox! In a local play session of Festival Main Stage, up to four players can play together on the same console. All of the players need to party up in the Lobby then enter the Festival Main Stage together.”

Unfortunately, despite being ‘local’ multiplayer, all participants will need to have and be signed into their Epic Games accounts in order to participate – meaning you can’t play using platform guest accounts.

Weird limitations aside, it is welcome to see local multiplayer being supported in one form or another. Hopefully the feature gets improved over time.

Fortnite Festival Season 7 launches today on the 14th of January, with vocaloid star Hatsune Miku headlining.

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