- After LEGO Fortnite released last week it took players just one day to reenact 9/11.
- The LEGO Fortnite release smashed Fortnite’s previous current player count.
- LEGO Fortnite is rated E10+ by the Entertainment Software Rating Board.
When Fortnite released its new LEGO mode on Thursday, it took players less than one day to recreate 9/11.
The release of LEGO Fortnite brought millions of players to the game, smashing the previous record for most online players at once with 6.6 million, according to Dexerto.
In contrast for Fortnite’s typical “battle royale” mode — which pits 100 players against each other, Hunger Games-style, with guns, grenades, and other weapons — LEGO Fortnite is billed as a place to “harvest LEGO resources to create your own builds and create villages for you and your friends to live it up.”
But that didn’t stop anyone from trying to cause as much chaos as possible.
Players started posting videos of themselves recreating the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center on social media sites like TikTok and X, formerly known as Twitter. One video on X has wracked up 11 million views and more than 170,000 likes as of time of writing.
Fortnite’s new LEGO mode, notably, has a lower ESRB rating and does not feature in-game combat between players, so players cannot hurt each other directly. Fortnite is rated T, which means it’s intended for users 13 and up and may contain violence. LEGO Fortnite, however, is rated E10+, meaning the content is suitable for children over 10, but allows for some cartoon, fantasy, or mild violence, according to the ESRB.
Despite containing a lower rating, accessing LEGO Fortnite is still only possible through downloading the actual game, according to the LEGO Fortnite parent’s guide.
Since every “island” — or playable map — in Fortnite has its own ESRB rating, parents can choose the range of islands their child can visit based on rating through parental controls, the guide says.
Epic Games, which produces Fortnite, did not immediately return Business Insider’s request for comment Saturday.
