Epic Games released a controversial Fortnite item to the Item Shop just a few hours after laying off hundreds of people.
Epic Games recently laid off more than 800 workers. In other words, the Fortnite creator lost 16% of its workforce, which is certainly a big hit. While the company will save millions with this move, players are worried that the layoffs will affect the quality of the popular battle royale game.
Tim Sweeney, the company’s founder and CEO, ensures players that everything is going to be fine. However, the game publisher made a very controversial move on Thursday night, just a few hours afterEpic released an emote to the Item Shop, which quickly became one of the most controversial Fortnite items.On Thursday night, Epic Games released the Share the Wealth emote to the. This is an Uncommon emote that only costs 200 V-Bucks.
The emote has an animation of a character throwing the money around. Due to this, it has quickly become a controversial Fortnite item. Releasing the emote only a few hours after laying off hundreds of people wasn’t the right thing to do, and Epic knew that. We're aware the 'Daily' section of the Item Shop is currently missing, and will return at the next Item Shop Refresh.
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