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Here’s why Epic disabled the Fortnite BRUTE mech suit

Late on Friday, Epic Games suddenly disabled its controversial BRUTE mech suit, returning its battle royale game to the version players prefer and have been demanding since the vehicle arrived with Season X. The removal is only temporary as noted by the alert in the game’s lobby, but has persisted for more than 14 hours by this point with no … Continue reading

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