{"id":597179,"date":"2026-03-19T23:45:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T23:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears"},"modified":"2026-03-19T23:45:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T23:45:52","slug":"fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortnite teases return of its fan-favourite bear robot, as year’s first live event nears"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\nFortnite has teased the return of an enormous icon from its original Island, as the clock counts down to the game’s latest big season finale.\n<\/p>\n

\nWhile not yet confirmed by developer Epic Games, eagle-eyed Fortnite leakers are confident this season will end in another of the game’s eye-catching live events – the first of 2022 – likely on Saturday, 4th June.\n<\/p>\n

\nThis afternoon, Epic itself issued a typically cryptic teaser with snippets of audio and an unmistakable logo at the end: the fan-favourite Mech (or Mecha Team Leader, to give its full name) which duelled and ultimately beat Fortnite’s Devourer monster in one of the game’s most memorable moments back in 2019<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fortnite has teased the return of an enormous icon from its original Island, as the clock counts down to the game’s latest big season finale. While not yet confirmed by developer Epic Games, eagle-eyed Fortnite leakers are confident this season will end in another of the game’s eye-catching live events – the first of 2022 – likely on Saturday, 4th June. This afternoon, Epic itself issued a typically cryptic teaser with snippets of audio and an unmistakable logo at the end: the fan-favourite Mech (or Mecha Team Leader, to give its full name) which duelled and ultimately beat Fortnite’s Devourer monster in one of the game’s most memorable moments back in 2019. Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":597180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[105],"class_list":["post-597179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-fortnite"],"yoast_head":"\nFortnite teases return of its fan-favourite bear robot, as year's first live event nears | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fortnite has teased the return of an enormous icon from its original Island, as the clock counts down to the game's latest big season finale. While not\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fortnite teases return of its fan-favourite bear robot, as year's first live event nears | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fortnite has teased the return of an enormous icon from its original Island, as the clock counts down to the game's latest big season finale. While not\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-19T23:45:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"269\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"Fortnite teases return of its fan-favourite bear robot, as year’s first live event nears\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-19T23:45:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":132,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Fortnite\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Eurogamer\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\\\/\",\"name\":\"Fortnite teases return of its fan-favourite bear robot, as year's first live event nears | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-19T23:45:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"Fortnite has teased the return of an enormous icon from its original Island, as the clock counts down to the game's latest big season finale. While not\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":269,\"caption\":\"Fortnite teases return of its fan-favourite bear robot, as year\u2019s first live event nears\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fortnite teases return of its fan-favourite bear robot, as year’s first live event nears\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Fortnite teases return of its fan-favourite bear robot, as year's first live event nears | Arcader News","description":"Fortnite has teased the return of an enormous icon from its original Island, as the clock counts down to the game's latest big season finale. While not","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Fortnite teases return of its fan-favourite bear robot, as year's first live event nears | Arcader News","og_description":"Fortnite has teased the return of an enormous icon from its original Island, as the clock counts down to the game's latest big season finale. While not","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2026-03-19T23:45:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":269,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"Fortnite teases return of its fan-favourite bear robot, as year’s first live event nears","datePublished":"2026-03-19T23:45:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\/"},"wordCount":132,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears.jpg","keywords":["Fortnite"],"articleSection":["Eurogamer"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\/","name":"Fortnite teases return of its fan-favourite bear robot, as year's first live event nears | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-19T23:45:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"Fortnite has teased the return of an enormous icon from its original Island, as the clock counts down to the game's latest big season finale. While not","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears.jpg","width":480,"height":269,"caption":"Fortnite teases return of its fan-favourite bear robot, as year\u2019s first live event nears"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fortnite-teases-return-of-its-fan-favourite-bear-robot-as-years-first-live-event-nears\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Fortnite teases return of its fan-favourite bear robot, as year’s first live event nears"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1279390,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597179\/revisions\/1279390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}