Tears as Logan’s Lachlan Power releases Fortnite skin on YouTube
YouTube sensation Lachlan Power, the son of Logan mayor Darren Power, has announced he will finally get his own Fortnite skin in a teary video released this week. WATCH THE VIDEO
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YouTube sensation Lachlan Power, the son of Logan mayor Darren Power, has sealed his superstar status, announcing he will finally get his own Fortnite “skin” in a teary video released this week.
The 24-year-old video master, who has amassed more than 13 million YouTube subscribers, wipes away “tears of joy” explaining it took a year of hard work and perseverance to bring to the screen the video character, known as a skin.
The Lachlan skin resembles the blonde Power, who talks about the challenges he had bringing it to life and wipes away tears explaining how much the venture meant to him in an emotional video.
“It’s no surprise that I have given a lot to this game,” he says in the YouTube video.
“This opportunity is a lot and for that, I want to thank Epic and everyone involved in the project.
“It’s been a year in the making and I can’t wait to show you everything in here and I just hope that you like it.
“You have to understand that these are tears of joy — it’s just hard because you never think it would be a thing and then it happens.”
American video game and software developer and publisher Epic Games made the announcement this week after months of teasing about the release as part of the Fortnite Icon Series of streamer and celebrity-inspired skins.
It will be released for sale online on November 12 but strong gamers can battle it out to get it for free by winning “Lachlan’s Pickaxe Frenzy”, a tournament which starts on November 8.
Epic has not released pricing details of the skin, which can be bought using V-bucks.
It is expected to be a premium-priced item much like Ninja and Loserfruit’s skins.
Epic added that there would also be other Lachlan cosmetics, including a back bling, an emote, and a pickaxe.
Power, who won the prestigious 2020 Fortnite Pro Am tournament in Australia in March, has donated much of his fortune from gaming to special organisations including charities in Logan.
Last year, his global status soared when he won Nickelodeon awards alongside other winners including Ellen DeGeneres, who was named Favourite TV Host for her Ellen’s Game of Games and Robert Downey Jr whose Tony Stark won him Favourite Superhero.
Proud dad, Logan mayor Darren Power has said in the past that his son had worked hard and risen to the top because he was “good at what he does and dedicated”.
Originally published as Tears as Logan’s Lachlan Power releases Fortnite skin on YouTube