This just in, Greg Thomson, the guy behind Maze is suing every first person shooter maker ever for copying his idea.

Not really, but that';s about the extent of this idiocy by PUBG. As they go down they are like a drowning person scrambling to grab onto anything to keep them afloat.

Epic has a pretty good legal record. And they tend to really come back and utterly crush people that take them to court over frivolous matters. PUBG, about to be hoisted on their own petard. Not exactly what I saw when I forecasted that PUBG would not last but this is a bad sign and a horrendous move for them.

There is no doubt Fortnite rushed to capitalize on PUBGs success because no one cared about Fortnite, and PUBGs business was definitely affected. I actually hope they win this.

They don't need special powers in pubg, that's what hackers are already doing on the pc side lmao

Bluehole seems to have some sort of death wish in the industry or something. They have accused Epic of potentially having an unfair advantage because they own the engine that Bluehole decided to use, and used that to try and insinuate that Epic shouldn't compete against them. But that notion ignores that it means Epic wouldn't be able to make games, because there isn't a genre that doesn't use their engine.

Now their parent company is accusing them of copyright infringement.

That's a pretty serious claim, and it seems petty to try and push Epic out of the market just because they're doing better than PUBG is, and doing it much faster than PUBG is.

If Bluehole and their parent company have a problem with people doing the genre, then they're going to be in a very rude awakening over the next few years, because it's likely to become a standard game mode in a lot of MP games.

The notion that Bluehole somehow has rights to the genre is ridiculous, not just on a legal level, but on a standard operating or what people have come to accept. Imagine if when Horde mode became a thing, that other companies weren't allowed to because the first company that did something like that laid claim to it.

@Skull

Doesn't matter if Epic rushed to include it in Fortnite, or their reasons for doing so. It's still not copyright infringement to make a mode in their game in the same genre. Epic could outright make the same game, and if they did it independently, they still wouldn't infringe with just changing a few things here or there.

It's effect on PUBG business is moot to the issue. If one game affected PUBG to the point they couldn't compete, then they didn't stand a chance when every other MP game ends up with the mode in the future.

When are they filing against Activision? If they are going to go full retard they might as well go after them too.

Are you saying the owner of H1Z1 copied their own game (PUBG)?

@remixx116 Look, my English is not perfect, but at least I know what I saying and understand what people saying. About PUGB, i’m tired of their arrogant.

Edit: @TheMustardCat I know that. But it doesn’t change fact that Blue Hole just being blinded by their overconfident.

@ucforce

Yes i understand you, i was just curious if you primary language was a different one, my bad if i was pushin buttons.

Unless PUBG ramps up the completion of their game, which they should be able to do with the large amount of cash they've brought in, other developers and publishers are going to surpass them easily. Bluehole will be left as a footnote in history as the creators of a popular genre, but ultimately, won't be able to compete themselves in the genre they claim to have created.

They may still be around, as they're apparently making another game now. But it takes work to stay relevant. Just because you were first, it doesn't mean you are the best, or that people will flock to you when there are better options out there. COD doesn't keep doing well because they were the first to hit it big in the genre. It does well because they keep people hooked with quality relative to what is expected from the game. Bluehole OTOH, seems to think it can trickle out improvements or content and people will stick around, or keep buying their product. Even though they're early access, that can't maintain them in the face of heavy competition. It works for things like Star Citizen, but they at least show progress on a regular basis, and they don't have what I'd call heavy competition for what they're trying to make.

@lociefer

You are making my point for me. So you are assuming Fortnite stole the BR idea from PubG, when PubG stole it before. So why couldn't Fortnite just steal it from the same dev that PubG did. Why does it have to be focused on stealing from PubG. Your opinion doesn't count as facts. If you can prove Fortnite did that, by all mean lay the facts out. Otherwise stop making baseless assumptions.

Hope that wasn't too complicated for you. Then if you can understand, address the other issues of the discussion that was brought up that you have failed to do so.

Lol you assume that i give a crap about any of them, but yeah, maybe just look when was fortnite released ? And their tweets regarding PUBG ? (Don't expect me to fetch them for you do your homework)

And lol at "other issues of the discussion"... wait you serious ? Lol .. ah you mean why does it bother me if others enjoy it ? Where did i write that ? Or did you just assume ? By wishing the fad would go away i meant for everyone to stop riding on this stupid fad(cod /bf), and all the celebrity crap.

But of course not, you had to take issue with it cause maybe you love fortnite a little too much. Just don't forget to return the credit card when you're done buying cosemetics

@lociefer

Again, being you have a reading disability.

"bright side maybe they'll both go away and put an end to this fade" <----Supposed to be "fad"

Again, being you have a reading disability.

"Sure they're both BR games and you shoot people, but that's about far as it goes. Fortnite has physics, mining, building, jump pads, jetpacks and the list goes on and on."

Again everything i said is a fact, unlike making assumptions. I mean if we want to get technical about Fortnite copied Ark survival of the fittest more then PubG. PubG is just a less optimized H1Z1 clone, being the same guy made both.

P.S. Seems you got triggered cause i called you out on your misspelling of "fad" or fade as you would like to call it...Btw, i do not play any BR games, i do not like them. Just not my cup of tea.

"Again, being you have a reading disability" - brings up the first comment thinking it was new. Lmfao

""Sure they're both BR games and you shoot people, but that's about far as it goes. Fortnite has physics, mining, building, jump pads, jetpacks and the list goes on and on."
"Btw, i do not play any BR games, i do not like them. Just not my cup of tea"

- Of course you don't, smh

Again, remind me what you're still arguing about beside your insecurities playing fortnite ?

@lociefer

Again, deflect and deflect and make more assumptions instead of providing facts. Quick shot into your comment history shows that's a typical thing for you. It's obvious this discussion has been over a few comments ago. It's OK, i get it. You can not have a debate and you think your opinions are facts.

P.S. I did play the PVE of Fortnite.

Ah you're not only triggered, you're a butthurt stalker too ? Dare i say ..... fan ?