This Game-Breaking Throwback Bug Just Made Its Return in Fortnite After Years!

Published 07/02/2022, 10:50 AM EDT

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Fortnite is a beloved title and has maintained its unmatched supremacy among rival battle royale games. One thing that always makes the players fall for this Epic Games offering is the fact that it never ends up being boring. It means that the game is full of unexpected surprises that may also leave the fans speechless at times.

Something similar happened in Fortnite a few days ago when the popular title witnessed a bizarre glitch. For the entirety of its duration, the bug made some unimaginable changes inside the battle royale. Additionally, it also brought back an infamous, yet interesting bug years after it was first seen in Season 1.

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‘Team Kill’ bug returns and makes players eliminate their own allies in Fortnite!

SypherPK, who’s known for his exceptional skills in the Epic Games‘ online multiplayer title, also runs a well-known channel on YouTube. There, he keeps uploading some of his amazing clips while talking about the game and its different aspects.

And since Fortnite just happened to get glitched, it was quite obvious for the streamer to not miss this opportunity. Eventually, he came up with a video explaining the recent bug in the game. SypherPK mentioned that the glitch in the battle royale lasted for about an hour and saw many crazy things happen inside the virtual world.

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Moreover, he focused on one bug, in general, where the players were able to kill their own teammates. This is the Team Kill bug that made its return once again, years after it was first seen in the first Season. The “freakout bug” basically makes you kill your own team members. As per Sypher PK, it can be aptly described as a “throwback bug”.

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The good thing is that Fortnite’s developing team managed to fix this problem and that, too, without making the servers go down.

Game-breaking bug makes players face hilarious, unexpected scenarios!

Meanwhile, some of the users who faced this bug in the game did reveal to SypherPK what they felt like. In the comments section, one player mentioned that due to the bug, they got killed very early into a game. On the other hand, one player wrote that they somehow received a victory crown even when there were two other players alive inside the match.

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Another user wrote that when they tried to talk to an NPC, they started attacking them for no reason. This has to be one of the most hilarious outcomes due to the game-breaking bug.

Fortnite is now available for all the supported platforms. Players can have it on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Android, and Nintendo Switch.

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What are your thoughts on the recent ‘Team Kill bug’ and its momentary comeback? Don’t forget to share your reactions. Let us know in the comments down below.

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Mintu Tomar

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Mintu Tomar is an eSports author at EssentiallySports. After completing his bachelor's in Philosophy, he has followed his passion for covering news as a budding journalist. He lives and breathes video games and is a die-hard Call of Duty fan.
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Jito Tenson