Developer of hit video game Fortnite sued for alleged copyright infringement

PUGB, creator of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, files lawsuit against Epic Games claiming similarities between two titles

The creator of the smash-hit video game Fortnite is to be sued in South Korea for copyright violation.

According to the Korean Times, a lawsuit has been filed by PUGB Corp, a subsidiary of the publisher Bluehole. It alleges that Fortnite bears many similarities to its own title, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, which was launched several months earlier.

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