Fortnite now tells Mr. Hillman's students to stop playing in class

Epic has added a message to Fortnite's loading screen reminding students not to play in class, following complaints by teachers that the newly-released mobile version was distracting students.

Specifically, the message is addressed to the pupils of Mr. Hillman, a US-based teacher who appealed to Epic via Fortnite's official subreddit.

According to the BBC, the teacher's now-deleted post read: "My friends from college and I play [Fortnite] pretty much every night. One problem, since mobile came out my students won't stop playing in class." Mr. Hillman asked if Epic could add a specific message "to mess with them".

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