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As Fortnite’s latest season wraps up, its community isn’t focused on whether The Ice King or the Foundation will win its current conflict. Instead, its players are warring online over a collaboration with a controversial streamer in the battle royale game’s next season — as revealed in a new piece of artwork.
An image that looks to show the Fortnite startup screen for Chapter 7: Season 3 has revealed an in-game creature seemingly inspired by TheBurntPeanut, a streamer accused of using homophobic language online.
Initial reaction to TheBurntPeanut apparently being a part of Fortnite’s next season was strongly negative among fans, with links to clips of him allegedly using the F-slur, and laughing at a fellow player who appears to begin saying the N-word.
“I just don’t understand man, it’s really not that hard to do background checks, Epic Games is literally allergic to them for no reason,” wrote Blortzen, a prominent Fortnite fan on X/Twitter. Other players pointed to the unfortunate timing of the reveal, at the beginning of a month associated with Pride.
Amid some initial confusion over who the character was meant to be inspired by, Fortnite’s senior director “EpicTofu” Chris confirmed it was indeed designed to be a
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