Summary
- Earlier this week, Fortnite’s long-awaited crossover with Cyberpunk 2077 became a reality.
- That collab notably didn’t include the default male version of V, which some fans aren’t happy about.
- A developer from CD Projekt Red has explained why male V wasn’t included in the crossover with Fortnite.
Cyberpunk 2077‘s lore designer has explained why Male V wasn’t included in the recent collaboration with Fortnite, noting that it was down to preference and a limit to how many skins could be included.
For most of 2024, one of the biggest rumours surrounding Fortnite was that it was eventually going to crossover with CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077. What initially seemed like it was just going to be a skin for one of the game’s vehicles turned into a pretty big collaboration earlier this week that features skins and accessories for Johnny Silverhand and Female V.
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While the collection has largely been praised, it did end up causing a little bit of controversy among Cyberpunk 2077 fans, as the crossover notably doesn’t include the default male version of V. Since the collab released, fans have wondered why exactly male V didn’t make an appearance as an Edit Style, something that’s just been answered by a Cyberpunk 2077 developer.
Fortnite Not Including Male V Was Up To A Cyberpunk Developer
Over on the Fortnite Battle Royale subreddit, Redditor carno_101 shared some tweets from CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk lore and franchise developer, Patrick K. Mills. The tweets show Mills’ response to the questions regarding male V and explain why he wasn’t in the game, which isn’t as nefarious as some seem to believe.
According to Mills, the decision to have female V in the collab over male V was his call and something he chose because he likes that version of V more and thought that Johnny Silverhand made for good masc representation within the game. Mills later clarified that both versions of the character are great, but that the team wasn’t going to “do both in this collab”, meaning a decision had to be made on which two were included.
If you’re a glass-half-full kind of gamer, Mills’ tweet can be interpreted as more collaborations being an option in the future. Male V could easily make an appearance alongside Panam or Judy, for example.
Although Mills’ account is private and can’t be viewed by most people, the tweets have been shared around by a few sources and seem legitimate. The developer’s reasoning behind the male version of V not appearing due to only two skins being included is totally fair, although fans have been worried about that version of the character fading away for some time, as Phantom Liberty also put female V front and centre.
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