Anew emote has hit the Fortnite Item Shop, and it's based on one of the most famous internet memes — Rickrolling.
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If you're not familiar with Rickrolling (it's 2020, have you been living under a rock?), it's a prank where someone uses a disguised hyperlink to trick someone into clicking on it. Once they've opened the link, it'll turn out to be a music video of Astley's iconic dance.
The Rickroll emote is currently available in the Item Shop for 500 V-Bucks (around $5 USD).
Epic has shied away from adding popular dances into the game over the past few months after it was hit with a few different lawsuits for copyright infringement.
Most notably, the Fortnite developer was sued by The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's Alfonso Ribeiro after his 'Carlton' dance was added to the game. Ribeiro sued for copyright infringement, but so far his case hasn't been successful.
Nonetheless, Epic has taken a step back from bringing popular dances into the game, at least at the pace it previously set. It's unclear if Epic has licensed its new Rickroll to emote or if it's rolling the dice once again. Either way, if you're interested, it'd be best to pick it up now before it's gone.
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