Epic boss hints at Travis Scott returning to Fortnite

Five years after releasing his last studio album, which resulted in a massive collaboration with Fortnite as the first-ever in-game concert, Travis Scott is back in business.

The RnB star is set to release his fourth studio album "Utopia" as a successor to Astroworld, but his return to music hasn't been without controversy, and it's carried over into his gaming collaborations too.

Having been unofficially axed from the Fortnite store, the Travis Scott skin is like gold dust in Epic Games' battle royale nowadays. But that doesn't mean that it will never return, as Epic's CEO has now teased fans about its return.

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Epic Games boss denies that the Travis Scott Fortnite skin is 'blacklisted'

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Previous rumours of Travis Scott's Fortnite skin returning to the game were debunked, as a troll was pretending to be Epic CEO Time Sweeney in YouTube live chat, with Fortnite themselves refusing to explain whether the skin would be coming back.

Now though, the actual Tim Sweeney has injected copium into the Fortnite community, as he has dismissed any notions that the skin is "blacklisted" in Fortnite.

After being bombarded with messages on Twitter, the CEO answered back to the blacklisting comments by saying, "I'm just not in the loop on item shop rotations so I don’t know what’s coming when, or what specific agreements with celebrities and brands affect the timing of those decisions." 

With Scott's Utopia album reigniting the debate about his skin's availability in Fortnite, fans have been taking to social media to implore that it be returned to the store to celebrate the album on July 28.

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Epic Games boss says Travis Scott is 'welcome' back in Fortnite

Adding to his comments, Sweeney confirmed that "Travis Scott is welcome in Fortnite," which is now being construed that the Astroworld skin is on its way back.

So there we have it, Epic Games appears to be on board with the Travis Scott skin returning to Fortnite, although that doesn't mean that its plain sailing from here. 

Neither party has confirmed the skin's arrival again, and it could be that Travis Scott himself (or his team) doesn't want the skin being added again, making current owners privilege.

With Utopia's release on July 28, we'll have to wait and see if the musician really does jump back into the game one griddy hop at a time.