News Fortnite Releases New Icon Series Emote: The Airplane

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' Icon Series Emote is now available in the Featured Items section of the in-game shop.

And the crowd goes wild

The community voted and the NBA 75 All-Star Hub “Vote to Emote” winner is in the Shop now

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Based on the winning NBA celebration from a

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, the new Emote can be purchased for just 300 V-Bucks. Unlike previous Icon Series Emotes, the celebration was encrypted in the files and therefore could not be leaked, making its arrival in today's Item Shop a surprise for all players. Although not mentioned in Epic's social media posts, the moves are based off NBA star Joel Embiid’s running aeroplane celebration, as seen below.

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In other news, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has

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