Fortnite is a game for all ages, but that does not mean that it is hardly played by minors. In fact, much of your audience is, so Epic Games has taken action on the matter and has decided remove a gesture that induced players to simulate a sexual act.
As we have been able to know, the gesture in Fortnite Hug the Bear it was available for a short time last week. Just long enough before the Ariana Grande concert on the Rift Tour took place.
However Epic Games has decided to remove it very discreetly from Fortnite after discovering a bug with it. The bug in question allowed, kneeling before one of the players, simulate oral sex in the game.
The 'Hug the Bear' gesture was on sale not long ago, for 200 V-Bucks, just before the Ariana Grande show. What can be synced with other people, has led to this embarrassing moment, as some players decided to make more than crumbs with this gesture.
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The players who they would have bought the gesture Before being eliminated, they report that it is blocked and that it can no longer be done. epic Games is aware of this and reported from Twitter, but what they did not say is when it will be available again or the reasons -clear- for its blocking / elimination.
"The gesture 'Hug the Bear' will be blocked while we solve a problem with it. Players who have already purchased it will be able to refund it for 30 days from their next connection to the game," they said, and can already refund the gesture from yesterday.
HELLO????WHY DID SHE GO IN TO HUG LIKE THAT pic.twitter.com/BGYdTjGIud
— That Jackalope Liv (@DatOneJackalope) August 6, 2021Of course, the clips of this bug are on the web, but it is no longer available. And many of you will be wondering: "Well, what difference does it make? Surely it just went unnoticed." Well no, certainly not.
The Twitter video that we have inserted before went viral the same day and, to this day, it continues to grow. For that very reason, Epic Games took the drastic measure of removing / blocking the gesture.
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For now, the date on which Epic Games will decide to return the gesture to Fortnite is unknown.
Source: Eurogamer.net (Thanks, GamesRadar +)
