{"id":257,"date":"2017-09-22T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/306323"},"modified":"2017-09-22T15:32:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T15:32:00","slug":"bluehole-hits-out-at-epic-for-replicating-battlegrounds-in-fortnite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/09\/22\/bluehole-hits-out-at-epic-for-replicating-battlegrounds-in-fortnite\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluehole hits out at Epic for ‘replicating’ Battlegrounds in Fortnite"},"content":{"rendered":"

Epic Games has managed to rile up PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds<\/em> developer Bluehole by announcing a new battle royale mode for its own game, Fortnite<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It might’ve seemed like a relatively innocuous reveal, but the South Korean studio isn’t happy at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a press release fired out\u00a0this morning, Bluehole vice president\u00a0Chang Hang Kim expressed frustration at Epic Games — which incidentally creates the\u00a0Unreal Engine 4 that powers Battlegrounds\u00a0—<\/em>\u00a0for\u00a0endorsing\u00a0Fortnite’s<\/em> new mode.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We’ve had an ongoing relationship with Epic Games throughout Battlegrounds’<\/em> development as they are the creators of UE4, the engine we licensed for the game,”\u00a0he explained.<\/p>\n

“After listening to the growing feedback from our community and reviewing the gameplay for ourselves, we are concerned that Fortnite<\/em> may be replicating the experience for which Battlegrounds<\/em>\u00a0is known.<\/p>\n

Hang Kim\u00a0also seems irritated by the fact that Epic cites Battlegrounds<\/em> as the inspiration behind\u00a0Fortnite: Battle Royale<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Yeah, we made a PvP mode for Fortnite<\/em>. We love battle royale games like Battlegrounds<\/em>\u00a0and thought Fortnite<\/em> would make a great foundation for our own version,” wrote Epic’s worldwide creative director Donald Mustard in a post on the PlayStation blog<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It’s a comparison that’s clearly upset Bluehole, which claims the statement\u00a0“was never discussed with us, and we don’t feel that it’s right.”\u00a0The studio added it may take “futher action,” but it’s unclear what that means, and where it\u00a0would\u00a0stand legally if it chose that route.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After all, it’s worth remembering that PlayerUnknown himself, Brendan Greene, cut his teeth working on battle royale mods and modes for other titles like ARMA<\/em>\u00a02<\/em>\u00a0and H1Z1<\/em>.<\/p>\n

You can compare the two titles for yourself by checking out the Fortnite: Battle Royale<\/em> trailer at the top of the page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Epic Games has managed to rile up PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds developer Bluehole by announcing a new battle royale mode for its own game, Fortnite. It might’ve seemed like a relatively innocuous reveal, but the South Korean studio isn’t happy at all.\u00a0 In a press release fired out\u00a0this morning, Bluehole vice president\u00a0Chang Hang Kim expressed frustration at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}