Fortnite, the popular multiplayer online video game, has disabled a character dance feature — called an “emote” — following speculation that its gestures resembled a swastika.
The “Peaceful Hips Emote,” which depicts actor and professional wrestler John Cena moving his arms up and down at a right angle, was part of a collaboration between Fortnite and the DC’s new television series “Peacemaker.”
But with the show’s latest season underway, it was revealed to fans that the alternate reality that Cena’s Peacemaker character had discovered is a version of the United States where the Nazis won World War II.
The latest revelation, which culminates in Cena discovering an American flag with its stars replaced by a swastika, caused some fans to take a closer look at the emote and determine that