Travis Scott's 'Out West' emote removed from Fortnite store following festival tragedy

Travis Scott's “Out West” emote will not be at present accessible in Fortnite following an incident on the performer's Astroworld Pageant in Houston final week wherein eight individuals have been killed and plenty of others injured.

Epic Video games disabled the Each day part of the Fortnite Merchandise Store seemingly with the intention to halt the sale of the Travis Scott's “Out West” emote. Out West is an Icon Series emote launched to Fortnite in August 2020, that includes a clip of music from the track of the identical title. In keeping with posts on Reddit, the emote was on sale briefly within the Each day part of the shop on November 7 however disappeared a number of hours later when Epic disabled all the Each day part of the Merchandise Retailer.

The Fortnite Standing Twitter account confirmed that the Each day part was disabled deliberately however didn’t point out Scott or the emote by title. 

An Epic Video games consultant declined to remark additional, however the timing makes a connection between the 2 look extraordinarily doubtless: The Out West emote appeared within the Each day part on November 7, presumably to coordinate with the Astroworld competition, the day after eight individuals attending the live performance have been killed throughout in a crowd surge whereas Scott was performing. A CNN report stated that greater than 300 individuals have been handled at a area hospital arrange close to the competition.

Houston police chief Troy Finner stated he met with Scott forward of the occasion, throughout which he expressed “issues relating to public security” on the occasion. “I requested Travis Scott and his staff to work with HPD for all occasions over the weekend and to be conscious of his staff's social media messaging on any unscheduled occasions,” Finner tweeted. “The assembly was temporary and respectful, and an opportunity for me to share my public security issues as chief of police.”

Scott has been criticized for persevering with the efficiency for greater than half-hour after the police declared the competition a “mass-casualty occasion.” In keeping with a Yahoo News report, Houston fireplace chief Samuel Peña stated the declaration got here round 9:38 pm, however Scott continued to carry out till roughly 10:15 pm. 

In a press release posted to Twitter, Scott stated he’s “completely devastated” by the incident and “dedicated to working along with the Houston neighborhood to heal and help the households in want.” 

“Houston PD has my whole help as they proceed to look into the tragic lack of life,” he stated.

Scott based the Astroworld Festival, named after the defunct Six Flags AstroWorld park, in 2018. The occasion was cancelled in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as an alternative, Scott held the massively profitable Astronomical occasion in Fortnite, for which he earned an estimated $20 million, together with merchandise gross sales. The dwell occasion returned for 2021, attracting roughly 50,000 attendees, however the second day of the deliberate two-day occasion was cancelled following the deaths.