Kamala Harris launches ‘Freedom Town’ map on ‘Fortnite’
A trailer for a new Fortnite map, Freedom Town, has been shared on Vice President and Presidential candidate Kamala Harris‘ YouTube page.
The map features a built-up city surrounded by water and looks a lot like New York, thanks to the prominent Statue Of Liberty. It’s adorned in Kamala campaign posters, with the trailer encouraging players to “go vote”.
If you want to try the map out for yourself, use the code 7331-5536-6547 in Fortnite Creative. It should be noted that the description of the trailer states: “This is not sponsored, endorsed, or administered by Epic Games, Inc.”
As reported by IGN, the map’s themes are centered around the US presidential debate and Harris’ campaign pledges, such as affordable housing and tax breaks for small businesses. There is also an audio cue of former President Donald Trump saying “they’re eating the dogs, eating the cats” that plays when you collect a cat.
This marks the latest in a wider push for the Harris-Walz campaign to reach younger voters through gaming. On October 9, Vice President candidate Tim Walz had his speech aired alongside some World Of Warcraft gameplay on Twitch.
The campaign went one step further, with Walz himself playing Crazy Taxi on Twitch alongside Democratic politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
“Back in the old days, I had that Sega Dreamcast. I was teaching school so I thought Grand Theft Auto was a little harsh but there was a game similar to it – Crazy Taxi,” he said.
“The Republicans will probably accuse me of not having a Dreamcast or something,” he added after saying he was hooked on his SEGA console when he was younger.
Bernie Sanders also took to Twitch to lend his support to Harris.
In other news, Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 had a phenomenal opening weekend, beating the concurrent player counts of Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3 by a significant margin.
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