{"id":231742,"date":"2018-05-28T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/pubg-corp-is-suing-epic-games-over-battle-royale-similarities\/"},"modified":"2018-05-28T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T02:00:00","slug":"pubg-corp-is-suing-epic-games-over-battle-royale-similarities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/pubg-corp-is-suing-epic-games-over-battle-royale-similarities\/","title":{"rendered":"PUBG Corp. is suing Epic Games over battle royale similarities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"there-can-only-be-one\">There can only be one&#8230;<\/h2> <p>Nearly a year ago, PUBG Corp. had claimed that Epic Games&#8217; <em>Fortnite<\/em> was a &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/playerunknown-s-battlegrounds-team-calls-fortnite-s-battle-royale-mode-a-carbon-copy--462667.phtml\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carbon copy<\/a>&#8221; of <em>PlayerUnknown&#8217;s Battlegrounds<\/em>. As preposterous as that claim may have been, PUBG Corp. is now looking to take legal action against its number one competitor for copyright infringement. <span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><span>PUBG Corp. is asking the courts to determine if <em>Fortnite<\/em> had copied <em>Battlegrounds. <\/em>The news comes from The Korea Times, who has reported that an official from PUBG Corp. had stated, &#8220;We filed the suit to protect our copyright in January.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p> <p><span><span>The claim, specifically, is going against Epic Games Korea, which is preparing to launch a version of <em>Fortnite<\/em> into East Asia in cooperation with Neowiz Games (developer and publisher of a popular MMO in the region). Personally, this sounds like an attempt to cut off Epic Games&#8217; expansion into Korea, but I can&#8217;t say one way or the other.<\/span><\/span><\/p> <p><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.koreatimes.co.kr\/www\/tech\/2018\/05\/134_249598.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">PUBG takes US game firm to court<\/a> [The Korea Times]<br 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