One of the most talked about movies of 2026 is already teaming up with the smash-hit battle royale Fortnite, as Nikki from Curry Barker's psychological horror Obsession has debuted as a playable character skin, but the new offering has been quickly met with mixed reactions from fans. Fortnite has long been known to team up with major franchises like Marvel and Star Wars, and Obsession is far from the first horror film to be introduced courtesy of the annual Fortnitemares Halloween event. However, the specific choice of Nikki, along with a weird change to the design of her in-game character model, has raised more than a few eyebrows.
For those unfamiliar, Fortnitemares introduces iconic Halloween and horror characters as part of a limited-time event each October, giving players a chance to transform their gameplay with skins of familiar faces such as Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street and Leatherface from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, among many others. For the 2026 iteration of the event, Obsession was included as one of the newer IPs to be included in Fortnitemares, and yet the big collaboration moment for what many have hailed as an indie darling of modern...
