Scrapped Collaborations

John McClane[]

Main Article: John McClane

John McClane is the protagonist of the Die Hard franchise, and was shown as a possible Hunter for Chapter 2: Season 5 in the documents from Epic Games v. Apple. His codename was "Mackerel" and he was planned to release after Predator and Peter Griffin, who was delayed.^[1]

Katniss Everdeen[]

See: Katniss Everdeen on The Hunger Games Wiki

Katniss Everdeen is the protagonist of The Hunger Games franchise, and was shown as a possible Hunter for Chapter 2: Season 5 in the documents from Epic Games v. Apple.

Samus Aran[]

See: Samus Aran on the Metroid Wiki

Samus Aran is the protagonist of the Metroid video game series, and was shown (with fanart by Deryl Braun) as a possible Hunter for Chapter 2: Season 5 in the documents from Epic Games v. Apple.^[2]

Nintendo was thrilled with the idea of having their characters in Fortnite, but had one condition which was that their cosmetics could only be seen on Nintendo Switch consoles, similar to those in Minecraft and Rocket League.^[3]

A silhouette resembling her can be seen in Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point Issue 3 alongside two others resembling Ryu and Chun-Li from Street Fighter, who are Hunters that made it to the game.

Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)[]

See: Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) on Wikipedia

"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" is a 2008 song by American singer Beyoncé, known for its viral black-and-white music video.

Plans for an Icon Series Emote based on it were shown in the Epic Games v. Apple documents with Say So, Gangnam Style, Go Mufasa and Jabba Switchway.

Snake Plissken[]

See: Snake Plissken on Wikipedia

Snake Plissken is the protagonist of the Escape from New York/L.A. film duology, and was shown as a possible Hunter for Chapter 2: Season 5 in the documents from Epic Games v. Apple.

The Huntress[]

See: Anna on the Dead by Daylight Wiki

Anna, also known as The Huntress, is a killer from the video game Dead by Daylight.

Her concept art was leaked by Reddit user CULTtaken with many more from Dead by Daylight itself.^[4] She was allegedly rejected by Epic Games for unknown reasons.

The Rock[]

See: Dwayne Johnson on Wikipedia

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is an American film actor and former wrestler, who was shown as a possible new addition to the Icon Series in the documents from Epic Games v. Apple.

He was likely scrapped in favor of his role as The Foundation, the leader of The Seven.

The Trapper[]

See: Evan MacMillan on the Dead by Daylight Wiki

Evan MacMillan, also known as The Trapper, is a killer from the video game Dead by Daylight.

Much like The Huntress, his concept art was leaked by Reddit user CULTtaken with many more from Dead by Daylight itself. He was allegedly rejected by Epic Games for unknown reasons.

Tyler Rake[]

Main Article: Tyler Rake

Tyler Rake is the protagonist of Sam Hargrave's Extraction.

His body model was decrypted from the PAK file which contained the Dude Outfit in Update v17.30.

He is currently missing between CID_A_029 (Llambro) and CID_A_031 (LazarBeam), two Chapter 2: Season 5 Outfits.

It is also known that he would've had his own portal on the island as a teaser, implying that he would've been a Hunter for that season.^[5]

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