Fortnite has issued a hotfix to update a Sprite that has gone viral for all the wrong reasons. A player shared a clip of the Sprite leaping off their back and excitedly yelling a word that sounded a lot like a slur. The offending sound has been quickly patched out of the game, but unfortunately for Epic Games, that has only funneled more people to the clip.
The clip was shared by Twitter user @crazyasffr, and in just two days it has been seen 2.9 million times. The offending Sprite jumps off of the player’s back and says a slur before jumping back on.
Noticing how much traction the clip was getting, the official Fortnite Status account attempted to put a stop to the video’s virality by replying. “This video is fake, this isn’t a sound Sprites make,” the reply reads.
Fortnite players are already getting fed up hunting for Pirate Shop tokens, and are calling on Epic Games to disclose the odds.
The problem is, that’s only half true. The video is real, unedited in-game footage from Fortnite, so the official claim that it’s fake had the opposite effect the reply was supposed to have and stirred the pot…
