{"id":57090,"date":"2018-12-15T03:10:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T10:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/epic-says-it-messed-up-and-removes-overpowered-infinity-blade-from-fortnite\/"},"modified":"2018-12-15T03:10:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T10:10:15","slug":"epic-says-it-messed-up-and-removes-overpowered-infinity-blade-from-fortnite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/epic-says-it-messed-up-and-removes-overpowered-infinity-blade-from-fortnite\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic says it \u2018messed up\u2019 and removes overpowered Infinity Blade from Fortnite"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Epic announced this morning that its new and controversial Infinity Blade \u201cmythic\u201d item<\/a> has been removed from Fortnite<\/em>, following widespread criticism over the item\u2019s overpowered nature and game-breaking position as a pinnacle, late-game weapon. The reversal, while not the first time Epic has changed course on an unpopular design decision rather quickly, is notable for the language the developer used to announce it, as well as how much Epic hyped up the item in marketing and promos for the recently released season 7. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe messed up and rolled out the Infinity Blade overpowered \/ without good counters, especially in the end game,\u201d reads the company\u2019s tweet publicizing the change. \u201cThe Infinity Blade has been Vaulted and we are…<\/p>\n

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Epic announced this morning that its new and controversial Infinity Blade \u201cmythic\u201d item has been removed from Fortnite, following widespread criticism over the item\u2019s overpowered nature and game-breaking position as a pinnacle, late-game weapon. The reversal, while not the first time Epic has changed course on an unpopular design decision rather quickly, is notable for… Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[174,377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games-media","category-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t