All the police vehicles in the popular Fortnite game have been replaced by ordinary cars, and now we know why.
The American Black Lives Matter movement has also penetrated the world of video games, not only with the declared support of game creators on social networks, but also with the appearance of certain messages within the game. The popular Fortnite, on the other hand, has been hit by a change related to events in the US that has thrown out of the game what could be used for inappropriate actions.
Until recently, Fortnite had police cars in all its modes - not very authentic in appearance, but it was clear that these were vehicles used by police forces. But a few days ago, players began to notice that these vehicles were no longer in the game - they were replaced by ordinary models of vehicles without a motive to refer to the police.
The Epic Games did not comment publicly on the change, but as the Wall Street Journal reveals, the change came as a result of protests against police brutality against African Americans. Epic seems to have acted preventively here because previously there were no publicly highlighted attempts by players to in any way try to send a particular message related to police violence or the racism associated with it.
In some other multiplayer games, such things have happened recently. For example, in Red Dead Online, some players tricked others into inserting NPCs of the Ku Klux clan, which are not normally part of multiplayer, but can be found in the single-player component of the game.
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