Dโoh! Homer, Marge, Bart and the rest of โThe Simpsonsโ cast of characters are set to run riot in a slew of new battles across Epic Gamesโ Fortnite under a new pact.
Disney and Epic Games announced that โThe Simpsonsโ is joining Fortniteโs IP Partner Program, giving third-party developers the tools to create โfully authenticโ games using the animated franchiseโs characters and settings for the first time.
The companies announced the new partnership for โThe Simpsonsโ Wednesday at Epicโs Unreal Fest Chicago 2026 developers conference. The Simpsons game-development tools for Fortnite will be available later this year; the companies declined to share details on revenue-sharing programs for participating developers.
โI canโt wait to see what the Fortnite superfans and โThe Simpsonsโ superfans come up with!โ said Matt Selman, executive producer and showrunner of โThe Simpsons.โ
Itโs the latest initiative to come out of Disneyโs $1.5 billion investmentย in Epic, announced in February 2024. And โThe Simpsonsโ have dropped into the Fortnite universe before: Disney and Epic in November 2025 launched a month-long battle royale season with โThe Simpsonsโย featuring the 80-player Springfield Island in the online game. According to Disney, the Simpsons battle royale season reached 80 million unique players with a cumulative 750 million hours played.
Meanwhile, Disney and Epic have also brought Star Wars intellectual property to Fortnite developers, with an official toolkit for them to publish their own custom Star Wars experiences. Nearly 8 million players engaged with the third-party Star Wars games in Fortnite within the first 72 hours. Within a week of launch, FOADโs โDroid Tycoonโ became the second most-played game in Fortnite during the BB-8 Event, which ran May 9-10, 2026.
Sean Shoptaw, executive VP of Disney Games and Digital Entertainment, said the Mouse House partnered with Epic โto build a Disney social entertainment universe, and a big part of our vision is building an environment where creators can work with our incredible IP and Epicโs world class suite of developer tools to create great content.โ
The Star Wars developers kit โwas a validating first step, now after the very successful Simpsons takeover of Fortnite, weโre bringing these iconic characters to UEFN,โ Shoptaw continued, referring to the Unreal Editor for Fortnite creative tool. โWeโre excited to continue this journey with Epic and their great creator community and look forward to sharing more about this ambitious universe in the months ahead.โ
โTogether with Disney, weโve seen what happens when beloved franchises are put in the hands of Fortnite creators,โ said Adam Sussman, president of Epic Games. โPlayers respond when their favorite characters and stories are handled with care. Creators will be able to use โThe Simpsonsโ toolkit, built with 20 Century Studios and Gracie Films, to make games that deeply engage fans.โ
Ray Gresko, senior VP and head of product and development at Disney Digital Entertainment, said: โโThe Simpsonsโ has been making people laugh for over 35 years โ parents grew up with it; their kids are discovering it now. That kind of staying power is rare. What we found with the Star Wars IP toolkit is that when you hand developers the assets โ the characters, the worlds, the visual language โ their passion for the content comes through in the surprising, creative, and engaging experiences they make. We wanted to see what that looks like with Springfield and we canโt wait to see what creators do with it.โ
Other collabs between Disney and Epic have includedย the Star Wars-themed โGalactic Battle,โ billed as the gameโs โmost expansive experienceโ set within the Star Wars universe, and the Disneyland Game Rush virtual installation, a Fortnite Creative island.
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