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Gamers som spelar Fortnite. (Henrik Montgomery/TT)

Rapport: Antisemitism och politiskt våld på Fortnite

Flera spel på plattformen Fortnite förespråkar antisemitism och politiskt våld. Det rapporterar Wired, som har tagit del av en ny rapport från organisationen Global project against hate and extremism (GPAHE).

Spelare på Fortnite kan skapa egna kartor. Rapporten har hittat en karta över koncentrationslägret Jasenovac i Kroatien, där tiotusentals judar, romer och serber dödades under andra världskriget. I spelet kan användarna välja att spela som den fascistiska gruppen Ustasja.

En annan karta heter Trump vs Biden. Där ska det blå laget och det röda laget döda så många som möjligt i motståndarlaget.

Fortnite utger sig för att ha hårda regler, men vissa av spelen tycks ändå få ligga kvar online, konstaterar Wired.

Epic Games, som äger Fortnite, säger att Jasenovac-spelet och ytterligare ett spel har stoppats efter granskningen.

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Wikipedia (en)
Fortnite is an online video game and game platform developed by Epic Games and released in 2017. It is available in six distinct game mode versions that otherwise share the same general gameplay and game engine: Fortnite Battle Royale, a free-to-play battle royale game in which up to 100 players fight to be the last person standing; Fortnite: Save the World, a cooperative hybrid tower defense-shooter and survival game in which up to four players fight off zombie-like creatures and defend objects with traps and fortifications they can build; and Fortnite Creative, in which players are given complete freedom to create worlds and battle arenas, Lego Fortnite, an open world survival game, Rocket Racing, a racing game, and Fortnite Festival, a rhythm game. Save the World and Battle Royale were released in 2017 as early access titles, while Creative was released on December 6, 2018. While the Save the World and Creative versions have been successful for Epic Games, Fortnite Battle Royale in particular became an overwhelming success and a cultural phenomenon, drawing more than 125 million players in less than a year, earning hundreds of millions of dollars per month. Fortnite as a whole generated $9 billion in gross revenue up until December 2019, and it has been listed among the greatest games of all time. Save the World is available for macOS, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One, while Battle Royale and Creative were released for all those platforms as well as Android and iOS devices and Nintendo Switch. The game also launched with the release of the ninth-generation PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles. Furthermore, Lego Fortnite, Rocket Racing and Fortnite Festival are available on all platforms.
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