Fortnite lovers can't consider a lazily-reskinned combat circulate pet is on sale

replace 9pm: Epic has U-became on its sale of the Gunner pet dog, a near-similar version of an merchandise up to now blanketed in a battle circulate. in the past hour, the pet has been removed from Fortnite's in-video game save.

In a press release issued this night to Eurogamer Epic admitted it "shouldn't have launched" the dog and become sorry for having performed so.

Many enthusiasts felt it crossed a red line around the reissuing of unique battle move content material, which Epic promises not ever to sell one after the other.

any individual who purchased the pet nowadays will see it faraway from their Lockers, and its cost refunded into their video game wallets, with an additional 200 V-Bucks on correct.

it be attractive to peer Epic pause to rethink its resolution to sell this item. The unparalleled step of pulling the pet from sale and scrubbing it from Lockers suggests a push back on the concept of promoting combat flow content one at a time - and that lessons were realized.

here's Epic's remark in full:

"We do not need released the Gunner Pet and apologise for doing so.

"inside the next couple of days, all purchases of Gunner may be refunded for the full amount of a thousand V-bucks in addition to an extra 200 V-bucks and the Pet will be removed from the Locker.

"anyone who purchased Gunner and refunds it just before this make-good will as a substitute acquire 200 V-bucks and an extra refund token that can also be put in opposition t any eligible items that had been purchased in the previous 30 days."

original STORY 11am: contemporary Fortnite store comprises a brand new pet dog, named Gunner. To Fortnite enthusiasts, he looks extremely general.

this is as a result of Gunner is a extremely elementary reskin of Bonesy, the pet dog from the season six combat flow. The best change is a balaclava, and a small logo on his scarf.

Reddit user PhantomRacer32 made this comparison:

Fortnite makes a big deal out of the truth its fight move cosmetics are exclusive to the circulate and will by no means be made available one after the other. Bonesy additionally already has a number of diverse styles (all included in the season six battle move) many of which might be extra intricate than this.

back in June, fans observed Epic had bent its own suggestions to sell a beachwear version of fight pass personality flow. In that example, the model had an entire set of recent outfits, a new hairstyle, add-ons and a separate again bling item.

at the time, I wrote about how players have been worried it would open the floodgates to different combat pass exclusives getting the equal medication. The small tweaks made to sell Gunner/Bonesy are some distance worse.

"Wow they're actually selling a literal recolour of an ancient combat pass item for $10. no longer even a brand new model in any respect," one fan wrote in a different Reddit thread on the field.

"here is the worst one yet. excellent," talked about an extra.

Others expressed surprise on the pet's fee tag compared to that of a combat circulate.

"Two fun facts: 1. That dog is greater expensive than a fight pass," a fan cited. "2. combat move oBjEcTs aRe exclusive."

indeed, Bonesy is being bought for a thousand V-Bucks, which expenses £7.99. A fight circulate for season of challenges and cosmetics costs 950 V-Bucks.

In different Fortnite news, ultra-modern patch provides the these days-announced laser concentrated on gadget to mechs to make it simpler to see if you're about to die from their overpowered weapons. It additionally brings lower back Retail Row as a new Rift Zone with zombies.

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