Just recently, the Battle Royale mode for Epic Games and People Can Fly's sandbox survival title Fortnite saw friendly fire disabled in the game's team-based mode in order to thwart the efforts of some rather persistent griefers killing off their own comrades just for the sake of trolling. Following this, the companies turned their attention toward a problem relating to the Fatal Fields area of the game, with developers having now patched an exploit that allowed players to glitch underneath the map and kill unwitting opponents.

As seen in the tweet below from the official Fortnite Twitter account, the sandbox survival title's developers simply wanted to give fans a heads up that it's now safe for them to traverse across the map and not expect a totally invisible shooter to pick them off. What's more is that Epic Games and People Can Fly are reviewing the players reported for exploiting the glitch on a case by case basis in order to take "appropriate action."

With the Fatal Fields glitch having presumably occurred due to an oversight in development, it's difficult to say exactly what action Epic Games and People Can Fly should take that would be suitable to reprimand those who exploited the issue. While there were surely plenty of players who saw an opportunity to cheat repeatedly and ran with it, returning to the same spot over and over again to exploit the glitch, other users who may have inadvertently experienced the problem once or twice could unintentionally get lumped in with the main offenders should a sweeping punishment be issued.

All things considered, it's great to see that Fortnite's development team has remained quick and consistent with yet another much-needed fix to the game's Battle Royale mode, especially since Epic Games and People Can Fly are planning to provide a map update sometime this week that adds new areas. The inclusion of new locations and refreshed "biomes" should please the game's fan base, but it remains to be seen if those who deliberately exploited the Fatal Fields glitch will be able take part in exploring them, as Epic might decide a temporary or permanent ban is in order.

Fortnite is available now in early access on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, with its full launch occurring at some point in 2018.

Source: Fortnite – Twitter