{"id":349500,"date":"2026-07-23T04:33:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T04:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/349500\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T04:33:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T04:33:23","slug":"halloween-horror-nights-drops-new-fortnite-scare-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/349500\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Horror Nights drops new Fortnite scare zone"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014\u00a0Halloween Horror Nights<\/a> is putting a twisted spin on the global video game phenomenon, Fortnite, with an immersive and thrilling scare zone inspired by Fortnitemares, the game\u2019s signature Halloween event.<\/p>\n

It will debut this fall at\u00a0Universal Orlando Resort<\/a>, beginning Aug. 28, and at\u00a0Universal Studios Hollywood<\/a>\u00a0on Sept. 3.<\/p>\n

“Fortnite is a global ecosystem where players create, compete, and hang out with friends in an always-evolving world,” Universal Orlando said in a news release. “It\u2019s highly-anticipated fall in-game event, Fortnitemares, brings new characters and horror-themed gameplay together every year.”<\/p>\n

Halloween Horror Nights fans will have the chance to \u201cdrop in\u201d to the world of Fortnitemares\u00a0with an all-new scare zone, featuring ever-evolving and high-stakes environments.<\/p>\n

Guests will enter Freaky Fields, a Halloween-inspired living battleground overcome with a threatening force. Throughout the scare zone, fans will encounter the Battle Bus along with familiar Fortnitemares characters \u2013 plus a few new additions exclusive to Halloween Horror Nights \u2013 as they work to escape and claim victory.<\/p>\n

New merchandise inspired by the Fortnitemares scare zone \u2014 including a graphic tee, decal set, and acrylic collectible piece \u2014 is available now at Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood, and on ShopUniversal.com<\/a> starting Thursday at noon.<\/p>\n

Halloween Horror Nights runs select nights at Universal Orlando Resort beginning Friday, Aug. 28 through Sunday, Nov. 1, and at Universal Studios Hollywood from Thursday, Sept. 3 through Sunday, Nov. 1.<\/p>\n

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit\u00a0HalloweenHorrorNights.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO:\u00a0Universal brings \u2018Evil Dead\u2019 franchise to life for Halloween Horror Nights 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014\u00a0Halloween Horror Nights is putting a twisted spin on the global video game phenomenon, Fortnite, with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[8564,2405,143036,28,2200,2204,115,139,141,140,135,2032,3435],"class_list":["post-349500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-app-attractions-insider","tag-attractions","tag-chris-vaughn","tag-florida","tag-instagram-bn9","tag-instagram-n13","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-tampa","tag-trending-topics","tag-universal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}