Epic Games respond to Soulja Boy claiming Fortnite runs on his console Soulja Boy has made headlines at the start of 2019 over his blatant knock off consoles, but his claim that his next console release will run Fortnite has prompted a response from Epic Games themselves. Soulja Boy, a Chicago rapper who has made somewhat of a resurgence in late 2018 \u2013 early 2019 thanks to controversial product releases and media appearances, continues to expand his ambition in the console gaming market. His \u2018SouljaGame\u2019 console was removed from sale after rumors spread that Nintendo were gearing up for a lawsuit, as the console was said to use illegal emulation software \u2013 essentially copies of the Nintendo Wii U and GameBoy consoles. However, even the threat of a lawsuit from a company the size of Nintendo hasn\u2019t deterred Soulja Boy\u2019s ambitions, as he has claimed in an interview on Complex\u2019s Everyday Struggle that his next console will be the best yet. Controversially, he also claimed that it would run Fortnite, the world\u2019s most popular game, but in order for a game to be available on any platform it must be licensed by the publisher. Unsurprisingly, Fortnite publisher Epic Games, in a statement to DualShockers, suggested it was unlikely to ever feature on Soulja Boy\u2019s console as anti-cheat measures prevent it being played on a \u2018jailbroken device\u2019. You can\u2019t play Fortnite on a rooted or jailbroken device due to anti-cheat measures. However, Epic Games PR Nick Chester did say that they know nothing about the exact device in question \u2013 so perhaps there is still hope for Soulja Boy\u2019s Fortnite dreams? We don\u2019t know anything about the device, and I didn\u2019t shut down anything. I answered a question on a topic we\u2019ve already been clear on and is known. \u2014 Nick Chester (@nickchester) January 19, 2019 Despite (or thanks to) the controversy surrounding his console, Soulja Boy has been creating a strong buzz around his name once more. He has even lashed out at both Ariana Grande and Drake for \u2018stealing his flow\u2019 on songs, and the writer of Grande\u2019s latest single even confirmed that they were inspired by Soulja Boy\u2019s song. Top YouTuber PewDiePie also discussed the ongoing Soulja Boy madness in his January 18 video, calling him out for clearly knock-off consoles. You can watch Soulja Boy\u2019s appearance on Everyday Struggle below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Epic Games respond to Soulja Boy claiming Fortnite runs on his console Soulja Boy has made headlines at the start of 2019 over his blatant knock off consoles, but his claim that his next console release will run Fortnite has prompted a response from Epic Games themselves. Soulja Boy, a Chicago rapper who has made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}