The Fortnite metaverse continues to grow in spades. After adding Mariah Carey and Skibidi Toilet, the free-to-play live-service shooter announced that its next collaboration would be with CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077. The announcement, which confirmed previous rumors, will see Johnny Silverhand and V join the world of Fortnite.
It's another novel collaboration for the battle royale, and another video game appearance for Keanu Reeves. The famous actor also lent his voice to a Shadow-centric DLC pack, while also having previously appeared in The Matrix video games.
Still, as cool as the collaboration is, Cyberpunk fans immediately noticed one glaring issue: Johnny Silverhand would never approve of himself being turned into an Internet commodity.
Update 2.2 has me itching for another trip to Night City.
Taking to the Cyberpunk subreddit, fans immediately began to poke holes in the "irony" that is Johnny Silverhand being turned into a purchaseable cosmetic in a live-service game.
"God he'd be p****** knowing he was a microtransaction," one user wrote in response. Indeed, the in-game Silverhand would absolutely lose his mind. He'd probably want to take down Epic Games, too, just like Arasaka.
“V, don't let them turn me...
