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Who had this on their 2023 bingo card? Wimbledon, the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament, has embraced the power of battle-royale behemothFortnite.It has a brand new Race to Wimbledon mode.
This is surely the game’s most unexpected collaboration yet and withFortnitepreviously featuring content fromAlien,DC, Marveland even the chance to play as England captain Harry Kane, that’s saying something. Real-life tennis star Naomi Osaka won’t be at SW19 this year, but she can be if you own her ‘skin’ in the game.
If you’ve ever wanted to seeIndiana Jones,Goku fromDragon Ball Zor Bruno Mars in their Wimbledon whites on centre court then simply enter the creative island code 8443-5461-2402. From here you’ll be able to play the Race to Wimbledon mode, a mad dash through an obstacle course dodging strawberries and tennis balls that could win you tickets to the Wimbledon final. That’s right, if you beat Sir Andy Murray’s time of 4 minutes 45 seconds, you’ll have the chance to enter a draw for men’s singles final tickets.
(Image credit: Wimbledon)
(Image credit: Wimbledon)
Amazingly, this isn’t actually Wimbledon’s first foray into gaming. In 2022 it created a Roblox experience, Wimbleworld that has had millions of players. This is a concerted move to engage younger audiences with a tournament that perhaps hasn’t always chimed with gen z. Who knows, maybe one day we could be eating virtual strawberries and cream from home in ourApple Vision Pro. Roblox and Fortnite are both amazing platforms to get young people into coding and programming. It’s great to see institutions such as Wimbledon embracing the creative powers of these titles, but we can’t help but feel that this wasn’t in the plan at the first tournament in 1877. Saying that how long does the tournament last each year? A fortnight.
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