Fornite Down: Did Elon Musk actually delete Fortnite? We have answers

If you log on to Twitter, you will see #Fortnite currently trending at Number 3. Battle Royale shooter game has seen a surge in its popularity in its last two years. Ardent fans of game went into a frenzy last night as an Asteroid explosion hit game map and since n, re has been constant darkness in Fornite world. biggest question of hour - Did Elon Musk delete Fortnite?

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Musk reveals details

Almost a year back, Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a tweet that shared a fake screenshot of a news site. news article said that Elon had bought Fornite and deleted it to save kids from "eternal virginity". People went crazy over joke in tweet and it went on to be retweeted almost 400000 times. This morning, Elon Musk retweeted his old tweet adding a modest "Haha" to it. 

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tweet in which Musk is trying to suggest that he deleted Fortnite is a joke. If you were wondering if Elon Musk actually deleted game, answer is a sober . Musk has a reputation for being a very social media-friendly businessman/engineer which is something that is very seldom seen with people of Musk's stature. Musk breaks stereotypes that are usually projected onto rich and successful and this tweet of his shows exactly that. Fortnite is a pop-cultural phemen and enjoys a very loyal fandom. Being this culturally relevant also makes Fortnite at receiving end of several memes.

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Why is Fortnite down?

Fornite has w been down for nine hours. A cosmic explosion in Season 11 rendered darkness on entire Fortnite universe and game has t been up since n. Millions of players across world have stared at a Black Hole which has been only thing y can see for last nine hours. Fortnite has gone on to maintain aestic throughout ir social media accounts as well. Fortnite avatar is w just a black photo. An earlier accidental leak on Apple App Store revealed that Fortnite was coming up with a "Chapter Two". screenshots which were shared throughout Internet show a new map and "Chapter 2" title. This blackout could be a strategy that Epic Games, creators of Fortnite, are using to generate a buzz around game, only to reveal new chapter. Only time will give us answers but till n... we can stare at black hole.

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