Metallica continues to break boundaries with their music. If a few months ago they reached a completely new audience with their appearance in the grand finale of Stranger Things, now they will have a place in one of the most popular video games in recent years.
This is because the classic song “Master of Puppets” will appear as an “emote” in the game. Battle Royale Fortnite. The emote with Metallica’s music playing in the background can now be purchased from the in-game Item Shop.
Although the band members Metallica they do not appear as themselves in the game as skins of characters, yes you can make your character play one of the band’s most popular songs.
According to the Gamespot site, the emote “Master Of Puppets»It costs 500 V-Bucks (or paVos), that is, around 3 thousand Chilean pesos, and when used it reproduces a segment of «Master Of Puppets». The first person to make the emoticon will come out playing the guitar in front of the microphone. Up to three others can join in, even if they haven’t purchased the emote themselves, playing drums, second guitar, and bass to complete the foursome.
Pull some strings with the Master of Puppets Emote with music by @Metallica ???? pic.twitter.com/DP7hCIgMDQ
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) December 14, 2022
Originally released in 2017, Fortnite is one of the most popular games in recent times, and even in history. According to statistics from activeplayer.iothe game has about 250 million players a month.
In any case, it is not the first time that Metallica ventures into video games. Over the years, the band has appeared as a soundtrack in various racing games, or franchises such as Tony Hawk Pro Skater.
In 2009 Metallica had its first official video game published: Guitar Hero: Metallicawhere digital versions of the four horsemen appeared playing great songs by the group.
Although in 2005 they began to develop a video game called «Damage Inc.”, which never saw the light of day. The open world game where you would control various motorized vehicles, was canceled after several problems in its development.