Elon Musk has taken aim at video gamers, retweeting a story which branded those who play Fortnite "eternal virgins."
The Tesla boss attacked those who play the game while tweeting out a fake news story about him buying the game and deleting it.
Fortnite is played by over 78.3 million people worldwide - with players having to fight for survival on an island where the last gamer standing is the winner.
Mr Musk tweeted the story with the headline ‘Elon Musk buys Fornite and deletes it’, adding “Had to be done ur welcome.
Makers of the game, Epic Games, hit back at the Tesla boss on Twitter, posting an link to an article explaining that his company Space X would take a decade to build a human base on Mars.
They tweeted: “A whole decade? Just build, LOL!”
It isn’t the first time that Mr Musk has taken to Twitter with his controversial comments.
Vernon Unsworth, a cave diver who helped rescue a trapped football team from a cave in Thailand, is suing Mr Musk after he called him a ‘paedo’ in a baseless remark.
He called Mr Unsworth a “single white guy from England who’s been travelling to or living in Thailand for 30 to 40 years” alleging that he moved to Chiang Rai “for a child bride who was about 12 years old at the time.”
While last week, it was announced that Elon Musk and Tesla are set to pay a total of $40 million £30.3 million) in fines after a settlement against the billionaire’ infamous tweet on taking the firm private was approved.
The car firm and Mr Musk will pay $20 million each, with the CEO holding onto his position but giving up his seat as Tesla chairman for at least three years.
It comes after a fallout over the business magnate’s tweet in August which suggested he would take the electric car company private. The company is not going private.
The Securities and Exchange Commission argued the social media post was misleading and harmed investors who bought stock in the company as a result.
