Fortnite Devs Removed Friendly Fire in Effort to Fight Against Player Toxicity

Fortnite's development team at Epic Games' decision to get rid of friendly fire in the popular free-to-play game was driven by issues with in-game toxic behavior.
According to a Polygon interview with Ben Lewis-Evans, a user experience lead researcher at Epic Games, Fortnite launched with friendly fire enabled, a decision which was quickly walked back after players reported they were being killed by their own teammates for the items they carried.
When the functionality was turned off,