This lawsuit will likely have some important ramifications in the gaming scene beyond Korea. It will be interesting to see how the Korean court differentiates a game being clearly inspired by another and one that infringes upon copyright. Until then, both games will continue to be money-making machines for their respective compan
Despite these worrying numbers, PUBG is still an incredibly popular game. In fact, it’s still the most played game on Steam by far, and its concurrent numbers beat out all other titles on Valve’s gaming platform. While stressing that Pubg News is far from dead, Bluehole has to be worried about losing such a drastic amount of players in a short amount of time. Losing 50% of active players is a huge deal, even if there’s still millions of people playing the game every
There are a few key factors that have contributed to the loss of all those players. A big one is that PUBG ‘s key competitor, Fortnite , is a free-to-play game. Therefore, if more casual gamers are trying to get into the Battle Royale scene with friends, it’s a much easier to start playing Fortnite than it is to play **PUBG ** , and it helps that Fortnite is practically on every major platform out there. Players have also lost trust in Bluehole over loot box concerns, as they sell keys to unlock the loot boxes for real money (which can then be sold on the Steam market afterwards). Add to the fact that quality improvements have been slow in development, whereas Fortnite gets special events and sizable overhauls practically every w
A 4chan user leaked the internal memo, which reveals all the teasers, trailers, and demos Sony PlayStation will be showcasing. The majority of the titles listed on the document are of properties well-known to gamers, such as Death Stranding , The Last of Us Part II , Marvel’s Spider-Man , and Ghosts of Tsushima , but there’s plenty more for players to get excited about. Other games being shown are the Final Fantasy VII Remake , Resident Evil 2 Remake , MediEvil , Spyro: Reignited Trilogy , Kingdom Hearts 3 , and PlayStation Party . But, what really stands out in this line up are Bloodborne 2 , SOCOM: Coalition , PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds , BioShock Resurgence (PSVR), and Devil May Cry
The Korean company behind PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is taking Fortnite _ developer Epic Games to court. The Bluehole subsidiary PUBG filed a lawsuit in January claiming that Epic’s free-to-play battle royale title is infringing on its copyright. While the _Fortnite developer is based in America, their Seoul-based Epic Games Korea branch has been named in the injunct
In addition, the post goes on to cite the recent arrest of fifteen suspects in connection to developing and selling cheating programs that affect PUBG . These cheating programs also contained within them a Trojan Horse software, which essentially piggybacks its way into your computer on another, legitimate program and then begins to collect information on you from behind the sce
The Korea Times reported PUBG filed an injunction with the Seoul Central District Court against Epic Games Korea for alleged copyright infringement on Friday. Details are currently scarce on the PUBG – Fortnite lawsuit, but past statements from Bluehole allude to the alleged copyright violation. ” We have also noticed that Epic Games references PUBG in the promotion of Fortnite to their community and in communications with the press, ” wrote Chang Han Kim back in September of 2017. ” This was never discussed with us and we don’t feel that it’s righ
The post describes how the developers have been taking serious efforts to ensure that cheating and hacking are rooted out from the game and divulge that they have added new anti-cheat solutions to the game its
Both Bluehole and Epic Games had worked together in the past, but that relationship was damaged once the latter launched Fortnite ‘s battle royale mode back in September of last year. Shortly after the mode launched, Bluehole Vice President Chang Han Kim released a statement saying that the company was ” concerned that Fortnite may be replicating the experience for which PUBG is known .” In the months since release, Epic Games’ third-person shooter has surpassed PUBG in both player count and revenue, which has presumedly hurt relationships between the two companies further. Additionally, Epic Games has teamed up with Neowiz Games, not Bluehole, to bring Fortnite to the Korea market in the second quarter of 2
It’s been a slow, but steady, decline for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds ‘ player count this year. By the end of February it had lowered to around 2.8 million, according to Steam Charts . In April, it finally sunk below the two million player mark, and it hasn’t managed to rebound aside from one good weekend in early May. Now, it’s finally below 1.5 million, and the trend continues downw
Developers rightfully urged players not to seek out cheating programs from dubious sources, as they could contain harmful software like this and compromise not only the game’s integrity and security but that of the user’s computer, compromising personal information like credit card numbers, banking information, passwords and emails. It’s really not a hard thing to do, so readers, please always be wary of the things you download…and also don’t cheat. That’s