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This is hardly the first time tensions have been raised between the two companies over Fortnite’s battle-royal mode. When the new mode became available last year, vice-president of PUBG Corp. parent company Bluehole Chang Han Kim expressed concern over the new game mode copying PUBG , saying “After listening to the growing feedback from our community and reviewing the gameplay for ourselves, we are concerned that Fortnite may be replicating the experience for which PUBG is kno

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

PUBG was released on December 20, 2017 for PC and Xbox One, and then released on mobile earlier this year. You can check out our review of the game here or grab the battle royale game on PC or Xbox One via Amaz

In the same discussion of the similarities between the two titles, Chang Han Kim, had also implied possible legal action against Epic Games, especially following reference to Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds in the marketing for Fortnite’s battle-royal mode. Now it seems that the company decided to follow through on these warni

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 Collectibles 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

For newbies and seasoned players alike, it will mean that maps are no longer littered with people simply running for the assault rifles and gunning everyone down from a distance, however, does it not rob PUBG of some of the fun? Making everyone equal (or more equal) will at least force gamers to become better at **PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds ** instead of running towards the best weapon and grabbing it as beginner’s luck. There is no word on when PUBG Corp. will roll out the patch, but developers promise it will be “very so

They say that all’s fair in love and war, so PUBG is here to remind its players just that. According to PUBG Corp. on Steam , a new update is coming to PUBG that will tweak some of the game’s biggest draws and weaknesses. According to the post, the main aim is to level the playing field when it comes to the battle royale’s weap

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

Parachuting from the sky and taking out opponents in a last-man-standing deathmatch on a shrinking map is proving to be just as addictive as it was last year, despite constant competition from other battle royale games like Fortnite . However, listening to the wishes of its fans, PUBG Corp. is constantly striving to change the gaming experience for the better. As the devs introducing a major patch, prepare for things to be a little different on the battlefi

The post reminds PUBG players that this is the first time a balance patch like this has been introduced and that it will be trialed on the test servers before going live. Weapon attachments will undergo similar changes, although the post doesn’t reveal exactly how the armory will be affected. Elsewhere, the lauded level three helmets are being confined solely to supply drops. Effectively an extra life to players, the level three helmet was crucial in protecting your head from those sniper sh

The term “asset flip” refers to when a developer buys generic items available in an engine’s storefront, like Unreal or Unity, and plops them into the game. These can include things from character models to buildings to environmental effects. The problem arises when developers use these assets to cheaply and quickly produce new maps or environments for their g

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

PUBG’s Ryan Ringey Responds to Claims That Maps Are Asset Flips