Epic Games Briefly Suspends Fortnite Personality Over Homophobic Comments - Kotaku

Fortnite’s latest event, Rainbow Royale, is supposed to be a celebration of the LGBTQ+ community.

But elsewhere, developer Epic Games chose not to suspend a popular creator for more than a few hours after discovering a history of homophobia.

They first landed in hot water with a since-deleted comment lamenting the Rainbow Royale event on Twitter.

Ben Walker, lead writer for YouTube channel Top5Gaming, pointed out the Fortnite creator also liked an image posted in response to the event by another Twitter user that reads “Fuck faggots, all my homies hate LGBT.”.

“I am sorry for everyone I have said about the Rainbow Royale event and the Lgbtq community.

A little over an hour later, the creator claimed that Epic had reinstated both their map and Support-A-Creator code (which Kotaku has confirmed), eliciting a harsh outcry from those who considered his apology unsatisfactory and the punishment too lax.

“Disappointed in Epic Games right now,” Tiny, another featured Fortnite creator, added.