Celebrating the arrival of its animated Netflix show, Jinx as one of the most popular champions to date. Introduced in 2013, Jinx is a marksman with a manic personality. Her signature weapons, a pink weapon and a graffiti-covered rocket launcher named Fishbones, are used in tandem along with her grenades and shock pistol.
Riot Games plans to celebrate its animated series launch for all of November with the RiotX Arcane event. During the rest of the month, unique skins and items inspired by Arcane will be available for players to earn in all of Riot’s games. Players will also earn the Fishbone Gun Buddy for their Riot s if they watch the Arcane Global Premiere Event on either Twitch or Arcane.com.
In an official press release, Riot unveiled that Jinx will be the latest guest character ing Fortnite as a playable skin. This partnership marks the first time a League of Legends character has appeared in a non-League of Legends game. A plethora of Jinx-themed items accompanies the skin: the Pow Pow Crusher Pickaxe, Jinx’s Dream Monkey Back Bling, lobby music, loading screens, and sprays. These items will be available for purchase through the Fortnite Item Shop starting at 8 p.m EST on November 4.
In addition to Jinx, Riot Games revealed a new partnership with Epic Games. The new partnership will bring all of the League of Legends games—including Legends of Runeterra, League of Legends, and TeamFight Tactics—and Valorant to the Epic Games Store. Ruined King: A League of Legends Story will release on the marketplace as well, though Riot has yet to give an actual date for that release.
It is unclear if Riot plans to have Vi, Jinx’s pink-haired brawler of a sister. Arcane will explore Vi and Jinx’s origins, so it would make sense that Riot would want the show’s co-star to appear as well. Other characters in Arcane, like the recently visually overhauled Caitlyn, could also make the jump to Fortnite. Both characters have weapons that could translate into the game, as do some of the other characters that will inevitably pop up in the show.
With the hype surrounding Arcane, it doesn’t seem like the franchise is going anywhere anytime soon. League of Legends games have more players than all of the Steam combined, and Arcane is sure to bring even more. Don’t be surprised if League of Legends crossovers happen more often.
League of Legends is available on PC. Fortnite is available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PC and mobile.
