Despite being a genre-defining battle royale, Fortnite still has its unpopular elements. For example, developer Epic Games’ decision to integrate skill-based matchmaking and bots was met with heavy criticism. And now, one of the battle royale’s most unpopular weapons is finally being removed.
In a tweet to the Fortnite tech support account, Epic announced that it would be removing the grenade from the game due to an “issue.” While the developers did not state what the glitch was, the grenade was likely removed due to an exploit that allows players to throw multiple grenades at once and disrupt gameplay entirely.
The developer promised that the grenade was only temporarily disabled, and that it would return when the issue was fixed. However, players in the Twitter responses celebrated the removal, saying that the grenade could “stay gone” for all that they cared. Since Epic’s announcement was made on March 31, it is unclear when the developer would be able to fix the meta to account for the grenade.
Fortnite is available to play now on Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, Playstation 4, and Xbox One.
