{"id":86799,"date":"2026-07-29T11:32:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=86799"},"modified":"2026-07-29T13:37:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:37:05","slug":"fortnite-will-let-you-unlock-john-wick-as-a-the-simpsons-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=86799","title":{"rendered":"Fortnite Will Let You Unlock John Wick as a The Simpsons Character"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\">\n<p>Keanu Reeves has never guest starred on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/tv\/the-simpsons\">The Simpsons<\/a>, but if he did, this is how his iconic assassin John Wick might look.<\/p>\n<p>Why has Wick been Simpson-fied? Well, of course, it&#8217;s because he&#8217;s the star of a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/fortnite\">Fortnite<\/a> update \u2014 specifically for its popular Reload spinoff mode. Players will be able to meet and unlock Wick for themselves (as long as they own the current battle pass) as they delve back into the game&#8217;s excellent recreation of Springfield.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/epic-games-celebrates-fortnite-player-spike-as-the-simpsons-season-launches\">Fortnite first hosted The Simpsons&#8217; home town during a popular mini-season at the end of last year<\/a>. Now, the map is back for the game&#8217;s Reload offering, which grants players three lives and quick respawns before they&#8217;re out completely.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"slideshow\" data-slug=\"the-top-36-simpsons-episodes\" data-value=\"the-top-36-simpsons-episodes\" data-type=\"slug\" data-caption=\"\">\n<p>With a match size of 50 players and Simpsons items, this sounds like it will recreate some of mayhem from last year&#8217;s main battle royale offering. But there&#8217;s a few new twists this time around, as well. Firstly, an area of the map will be dedicated to The Confidential, a neutral zone with passive healing. <\/p>\n<p>Proximity chat is enabled inside The Confiditional, which could prove interesting (or incredibly annoying). Players can also choose to break the peace and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keanu Reeves has never guest starred on The Simpsons, but if he did, this is how his iconic assassin John Wick might look. Why has Wick been Simpson-fied? Well, of course, it&#8217;s because he&#8217;s the star of a new Fortnite update \u2014 specifically for its popular Reload spinoff mode. Players will be able to meet&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":86801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86799"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86803,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86799\/revisions\/86803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}