Fortnite pays tribute to King T'Challa of Wakanda (and implicitly, the actor Chadwick Boseman) with the gesture "Wakanda Forever", popularized by the movie Black Panther. The emote is available for free in-game from Epic Games, provided you complete a new set of challenges.
Black Panther challenges will be available between December 21 and January 12 (in Spanish time, at 1 am on January 13). But that is not the most interesting, since the gesture will precede new Marvel skins in Fortnite, among which are, of course, those of Black Panther.
This week, the hashtag of #Fortography, dedicated to highlighting the captures of users in Fortnite, will be focused on this gesture: you can upload screenshots with this hashtag with any of your characters doing the Wakanda gesture.
At 00:45 on Tuesday, December 22, a new trailer will be released, called The King Returns (you can watch it here when it premieres). Although its content has not been confirmed, it is very likely that the Black Panther skin will be shown.
Precisely, a "dataminer" from Fortnite has leaked the next Marvel skins and objects, which may be released at the same time as Black Panther. Besides the king of Wakanda, they are Captain Marvel and the villainous Taskmaker, the Overseer (villain from the game Marvel's Avengers and the movie Black Widow).
The Marvel Pak has been Decrypted. #Fortnite pic.twitter.com/UNLQ2EJAHx
— Mikey - Fortnite News & Leaks (@MikeDulaimi) December 21, 2020Black Panther already had a prominent role in the previous Fortnite season, in which a giant panther statue even emerged on the map ... which became a tribute point to actor Chadwick Boseman, who passed away last summer.
Source: Epic Games
