The Kamala Harris campaign appeared to disallow the use of guns in their partnership with the battle game “Fortnite.”
The campaign partnered with the popular “battle royale” game to build an exclusive map called Freedom Town, USA, Newsweek reported Tuesday.
While “Fortnite” has recently released new game modes that focus on building and being creative, the game rose to prominence in 2017 on the back of its “battle royale” game mode in which 100 players compete to kill each other and be the last man standing.
The map created by the campaign appears to restricts players from using weapons.
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Harris‘ map focuses on other features of the game, like role-playing, parkour and hide-and-seek, according to Newsweek.
The map encourages players to build while touting Harris’ campaign promises. (RELATED: ‘Cleaning Up Kamala’ | WATCH NOW)
“Kamala Harris’s $50,000 small business tax break made it possible to start up our new construction business!” the map told players, according to Newsweek.
Kamala’s campaign launched a Fortnite map to try to convince young men to vote for her.
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The effort appears to be unpopular, as a relatively low number of players have participated, according to Newsweek.
Three-hundred eighty-three players used the map from roughly 8:00 a.m. Monday morning until 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, according to Newsweek. That compares to one of the game’s more popular servers, Ranked Reload, which peaked at 323,783 players in the same timeframe.
The campaign used video games twice in one week as part of its outreach strategy to target young voters.
Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, played half a game of the “Madden” NFL video game franchise Sunday with Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in an effort to court more young male voters.
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
