Fortnite players are going after Elon Musk’s Cybertrucks

Fortnite gamers are teaming as much as hunt Elon Musk’s Cybertrucks within the battle royale.

The brand new in-game automobile has not obtained the fanfare that Tesla was anticipating however has actually change into a spotlight for some gamers.

Fortnite isn’t any stranger to large collaborations. Not too long ago they’ve been futuristic with Fallout’s dystopian weapons and armor on show and a Wasteland growth based mostly on Mad Max.

The newest to hitch the digital avatar battle royale is the merc with a mouth, Deadpool, and his six-clawed pal, Wolverine. Simply in time for the cinematic debut of Deadpool 3.

The Cybertruck, designed by Tesla has been a lot maligned within the media throughout the final yr. From brake points to product recollects and the firing and re-hiring of the Tesla supercharger group, it appears the carmaker is rarely far-off from the highlight. Neither is the billionaire on the helm of the corporate, Elon Musk.

Musk cuts a really controversial character in the true world, so love him or hate him, Tesla’s newest creation will probably be a speaking level for brand spanking new gamers.

Tesla Cybertruck in Fortnite

Epic Video games posted the brand new wheels through X (previously Twitter) in a small video displaying some fan-favorite characters:

Pulls ♾️

Catch a journey within the @tesla Cybertruck in Fortnite tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/CA8xuYQreS

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) July 22, 2024

The brand new content material dropping hasn’t gone down too properly with all followers of Fortnite. Even former workers of Epic and well-known Fortnite faces like Kyle Wynn, who was a producer on the title got here out in response to the announcement on X.

Wynn said. “Reminder that:

1. 1. Voting together with your pockets works and sentiment on social media is a tangible issue.
   2. Firms are composed of plenty of completely different individuals with their very own distinctive opinions.
   3. That truck appears to be like f***ing foolish and the CEO of that firm is a chunk of s**t.”

Wynn’s venomous response was echoed by some followers who wished to right away ship these gamers who powered up the Tesla automotive again to the foyer. Person @KaiuswithaK, mentioned “there’s an unstated rule amongst a whole lot of gamers that they’ll drop no matter they’re doing to drive a cybertruck person again to the foyer. it’s your civic obligation to uphold this honor code.”

There will probably be no scarcity of trolls taking this as an ample alternative to enrage gamers. @Kippgames, responded to Kaius on X saying:

I’m shopping for this now simply so I could make individuals offended, then die

— Kippgames2 (@Kippgames) July 22, 2024

Fortnite just lately collaborated with Metallica and little doubt the seminal ‘Search and Destroy’ tune by the Californian kings of heavy steel will probably be blaring while the hunt is on.

Picture: Epic Games.