Tuesday, May 29th 2018
Epic Games Sued by PUBG Corp Over "Fortnite" Battle Royale Mode
Epic Games has been dragged to court by PUBG Corporation, developer of "Player Unknown's Battlegrounds" (PUBG) over "copyright infringement" and "plagiarism" in its smash-hit online multiplayer game "Fortnite." PUBG dominated PC gaming in 2017, as its South Korea-based developers raked in hundreds of millions of Dollars in revenues, having sold over 45 million copies of the game. When it released in 2017, "Fotnite" wasn't anywhere near as popular as PUBG, since it only included a tower-defense mode dubbed "Save the World." The game's fortunes turned around when Epic Games introduced the "Battle Royale" mode, which is an open-world free-for-all (FFA). PUBG has a problem with that.
In its complaint, PUBG Corp alleges that "Fortnite" Battle Royale mode copies not just PUBG's gameplay, but also its USP of dropping players in arenas empty-handed, and making them scout out weapons and items so they could both survive and hunt down others. The complaint also includes allegations that the user-interface (UI) is heavily borrowed from that of PUBG. Interestingly, PUBG itself has been inspired by Japanese film "Batoru Rowaiaru," the title of which loosely transliterates to "Battle Royale." This is a fact the defense could bludgeon PUBG's lawyers with.
Source:
The Korea Times
In its complaint, PUBG Corp alleges that "Fortnite" Battle Royale mode copies not just PUBG's gameplay, but also its USP of dropping players in arenas empty-handed, and making them scout out weapons and items so they could both survive and hunt down others. The complaint also includes allegations that the user-interface (UI) is heavily borrowed from that of PUBG. Interestingly, PUBG itself has been inspired by Japanese film "Batoru Rowaiaru," the title of which loosely transliterates to "Battle Royale." This is a fact the defense could bludgeon PUBG's lawyers with.
63 Comments on Epic Games Sued by PUBG Corp Over "Fortnite" Battle Royale Mode
Bogus Lawsuit period. Bet part of reason they are doing this is cause user base of pubg has been shrinking, even big streamers don't play it as much.
Bluehole have lost their minds... Sad, money hungry *****.
Funny that on youtube you can find video where "Unknown" tells that he wants to see PUBG popularity grow from other creators as well and here you have - sued.
:laugh:
But because the maps and the charcters are normal humans and if you die you are done is called battle royale.
Is like Valve suing Bethesda because the last Prey have an environment similar to Half Life .
Nice
It peaked too early and Bluehole was more eager to cash in on that, than to develop something that's here to stay.
Battle royal is just last man standing with a big blue circle its been done in other games....
King of the kill started in 2016 too so shouldn't they also be sued?
ohh well, they're just idiots and money hungry and think they deserve more with shoddy work >_<
Instead of selling out like Mojang did, looks like PUBGs want to sick lawyers on everyone.
Besides, out of all publishers, I think MS is actually one of the better ones. People may complain when working with them, but when they leave, it's funny to see some come back and realize it was better than Activision or EA or whatever. Like former Bungie employees and some Mass Effect people, for example.