Puerto Rican Streamer Chica Egg-Cites Crowds As Latest Fortnite Personality To Join The Icon Series
The Fortnite Icon Series has inducted another content creator into its prestigious ranks – Puerto Rican streamer Maria Lopez – better known as Chica to her community. Epic Games announced the news on April 4th, 2022 which included a special Stories from the Battle Bus documentary video that was posted to the official Fortnite YouTube account, giving players an inside look into the personal life of Chica with stories about her childhood, traveling to the United States at an early age, and all of the struggles that she faced and overcame before kickstarting her incredible streaming career. Chica first appeared in the Item Shop on May 7th, 2022 at 8PM and will be available for a limited time; Icon Series cosmetics quite frequently rotate through the Item Shop on a regular basis alongside all previously released content creators which include: Ninja, Bugha, Lachlan, TheGrefg, Lazarbeam, and Loserfruit.
Players can purchase the Chica Bundle for 1,800 V-Bucks which includes the Chica Outfit, Chica’s Star Back Bling, Aida’s Edge Pickaxe, and The Pollo Dance Emote. There are two selectable Styles which can be swapped with the Outfit – Prismatic Streak and Royale Streak – alongside Hunter Mask and Shades optional headwear that take on the appearance and colors of those particular variations; the Back Bling and Pickaxe cosmetics share the Royale Streak Style. Players have the opportunity to procure individual items separately with the aforementioned Outfit, Pickaxe, and Emote currently priced at 1,500 V-Bucks, 800 V-Bucks, and 300 V-Bucks respectively; discount of 800 V-Bucks with the bundle.
Epic Games provided players with an chance to take home the Chica Outfit early by participating in the Chica Cup which took place on May 5th, 2022 as a Zero Build Duos tournament. Those that managed to earn at least eight points over the course of ten competitive matches unlocked the Chica Was Here Spray as a consolation prize; exclusive to the Chica Cup and cannot be purchased. A running joke for Chica is that she frequently succumbs to fall damage whilst playing Fortnite and players can attempt to break that curse with Chica’s Fun Run in Creative – made by KyberCreative creator team.
The Pollito Spray will be awarded to those that are brave enough to tackle the obstacle course with the following Creative Code: 8432-7199-6378 after plans to include it as part of a Twitch Drops campaign ran into some unexpected technical issues; unknown when this reward will be gifted to eligible players but players should keep their eyes on the Fortnite Support Twitter account for more information.
Fortnite is available now on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One X, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 Pro, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch Lite, Windows PC, and Android devices – iOS compatibility is available through GeForce Now and Xbox Cloud Gaming.
