The latest Fortnite update has quietly removed a number of NSFW emote combinations.
Fortnite players can use thousands of different emotes in the game and some have discovered that combining specific ones can lead to sexually suggestive scenarios.
Emotes such as Party Hips allow players to shake their hips from side-to-side which seems innocent enough, until another player approaches them and uses emotes such as the Homer Grind-inspired Bring It Around or Ride The Pony which is a lot more NSFW.
People have also been using a number of different Sabrina Carpenter emotes to create similarly NSFW combinations.
they never should’ve added sabrina to fortnite LMFAOOO😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/pwlvmBV2k5
— 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆🫧💚 (@beyoncegarden) April 9, 2025
However, according to reports, Fortnite has quietly blocked players from combining suggestive emotes. Now if you try to use an emote near another player already performing one, your character will simply shake their head and refuse.
“Sex in Fortnite is lost media,” wrote one fan. “Yeah censorship isn’t going to get them anywhere. What they should do is remove spaces where that sort of thing is encouraged in the first place if they want to combat it,” said another. “Or just remove slightly suggestive emotes altogether and stick to pure violence,” added a third.
Back in 2023, the X account for Fortnite wrote: “Can’t believe we need to post this but – there’s no ‘sex’ in Fortnite Festival,” after the new PEGI ratings descriptor for the rhythm game was updated to refer to sexual references in lyrics.
Can’t believe we need to post this but – there’s no ‘sex’ in Fortnite Festival.
Our PEGI ratings descriptor refers to sexual references in lyrical content.
— Fortnite Festival (@FNFestival) December 3, 2023
Last year, Fortnite shared a new feature that let players decide whether they wanted to see “confrontational emotes” or not. “We want emotes to be a source of good vibes, but a few (*cough* Take the L *cough*) can sometimes feel a bit overly confrontational,” said Epic Games. However the update got a mixed response from fans.
There’s been no official update from Epic Games about the new NSFW emote ban. Some fans think it’s a response to the increased scrutiny Roblox is currently facing after a top prosecutor from the state of Louisiana filed legal action against the game over alleged child safety concerns.
Roblox hasn’t addressed the legal action but has updated the community standards around “Romantic and Sexual Content, with now bans “sexually suggestive content or behavior, including but not limited to: avatar bodies, assets and clothes, avatar emotes, or settings/environments in experiences.”
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