Parents, please put your kids to bed for this one as we’re going to get a little explicit. Fortnite has disabled the new Bear Hug after only being on sale for a few hours. Normally, the emote just pairs two players up for a platonic hug, but under certain circumstances, that hug becomes very unplatonic.
This video posted to Twitter by @DatOneJackalope shows two players using the new Bear Hug emote while leaving @DatOneJackalope hanging. It appears if one player is kneeling when the emote is engaged, it causes that player to wrap their arms around the other player's waist and bring their head to a very NSFW position.
Naturally, Epic disabled the Bear Hug emote earlier today and removed it from the Fortnite store. Anyone who purchased the emote can no longer use it, and players will be eligible “to make a tokenless refund sometime next week."
And just so we know what the Bear Hug emote should look like, here’s a pair of Fortnite players hugging it out in a way that won’t get them an R-rating.
The timing of this bug couldn’t be worse for Epic. Ariana Grande is about to kick off her Rift Tour concert series this evening as the absolute biggest thing to ever happen to Fortnite, and possibly the biggest thing to ever happen to a video game, ever. Grande is expected to make over $20 million for this concert series and we’re already calling it bigger than the Super Bowl halftime show.
The Rift Tour officially starts tonight at 6 PM EST, with more concerts running all weekend long. Log in to Fortnite now and you'll be able to count down with everyone else waiting for the Rift Tour to begin.