Epic’s fashionable battle royale Fortnite has simply acquired an “age rankings” replace, nevertheless it’s not gone down so properly with the neighborhood. This replace means islands will now show an age and content material ranking to assist guardians and gamers “make knowledgeable play choices”.
As highlighted by Eurogamer, it is left some gamers annoyed, as fashionable cosmetics at the moment are unusable in sure elements of the sport as a consequence of these age necessities. Some members of the neighborhood have even in contrast this Fortnite replace to the Roblox mannequin.
Epic was fast to subject an announcement, mentioning how the state of affairs would enhance over the subsequent 12 months:
“Today, about 7% of Fortnite Outfits can solely be outfitted in islands rated Teen (or regional equal). Over the subsequent 12 months we are going to allow most of those Outfits to be suitable with all rankings by having them auto-adjust look primarily based on the island you wish to play.”
Players have reportedly responded to this with ideas Epic ought to have carried out its “auto-adjust” characteristic earlier than “dashing in with the age rankings replace”.
Fortnite lately rolled out its OG Season and quite a lot of the sport’s success in latest occasions has come from its community-created content material. However, there have additionally been some layoffs at Epic Games.
