It would be expected that Fortnite players would just jump over to PUBG while they waited for the game to come back online. Net Ease has two battle royale games currently available on mobile, Rules of Survival and Knives Out. Bluehole has however filed a lawsuit against NetEase for trademark and copyright violations. In fact, there has been no word from Epic Games or Bluehole Corporation about any lawsuit that would result in Fortnite Battle Royale being shut down. One player responded, “So wait what the hells happening with the 120$ I spent on skins and gliders and pick axes and battle passes?” Many others tweeted the gaming community, asking them to verify whether or not the story was true or false. While the tweet immediately looks and feels suspicious, especially without an official press release or announcement, many players fell for it. We can not continue to operate Battle Royale, Save the World is still under development so that is the only way to operate Fortnite from now on. Thank you for all your support."Īnother went out from imposter account JWFortnite saying, ”We are sorry to announce, Fortnite has recently received a Lawsuit from PuBg. Save the world will still be in development and we will roll out ASAP. We are sorry to inform you that Fortnite Battle Royale will be coming to an end on May 24, 2018. When the game still wasn’t back online this morning, players to flocked to social media to search for a more detailed explanation of the delay.Ī fake tweet from Epic Games has been circulating on social media that reads: "Due to the law suit against PubG on copyright infringement. would have a hard time making any legal grievance stick in that instance: the battle royale concept did not originate with PUBG, nor is making another game in the same genre - even one that takes heavy inspiration from another game - generally something one can make a legal case out of.Last week, Fortnite Battle Royale unexpectedly went down due to emergency maintenance. actually deciding to challenge Epic Games. And while that's an interesting legal story I'm sure we'll hear more about, we're a long way from PUBG Corp. has gone on to sue NetEase, the Chinese publisher of battle royale games Knives Out and Rules of Survival, citing the use of PUBG-adjacent memes like frying pans as armor and a "chicken dinner" in marketing as evidence of infringement.
Shortly after the Epic originally announced Fortnite: Battle Royale, PUBG developer Bluehole made a statement criticizing Epic Games that made an overture to legal action in the vaguest of terms: needless to say, that's as far as that went. There is a kernel of truth that the tweet appears to be riffing off of, albeit even "kernel" feels generous, here.
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