07-29-2019, 12:13 PM
PUBG Corp says it has buried the hatchet with Fortnite dev Epic Games
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/pubg-corp-says-it-has-buried-the-hatchet-with-fortnite-dev-epic-games.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p><big><em><strong>“While I think we can learn a little bit from how that’s working over there, just like all games learn from each other, I don’t think their model exactly works for us.”</strong></em></big></p>
<p><em>– PUBG Corp’s Brian Corrigan details the relationship between it and </em>Fortnite<em> dev Epic Games.</em></p>
<p>Despite past animosity, <em>PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds </em>developer PUBG Corp says there’s no bad blood between it and <em>Fortnite</em> developer Epic Games, going so far as to tell PCGamesN that “they’re one of our best partners.”</p>
<p>In that conversation, which can be found in full <a href="https://www.pcgamesn.com/pubg/epic">here</a>, PUBG Corp studio director Brian Corrigan explains that <em>PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds</em> and <em>Fortnite</em> have grown into two quite different games, though they can learn lessons from one another.</p>
<p>“I guess what I’m trying to say is, it’s not like we’re taking the blueprint over there and trying to build a better photocopier,” says Corrigan. “That’s not it. If there’s pieces that work for us, that’s great, because we should learn from the best teachers across a lot of different games, but our formula is unique. That’s something we understand, and we have to always remember: this <em>PUBG</em> formula is unique, there really is nothing else out there like it.”</p>
<p>A relationship between the two companies is expected since <em>PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds </em>is built on Epic Games’ Unreal Engine and, higher up the ladder, both companies are involved with the Chinese company Tencent.</p>
<p>Still, it’s quite a different tune from the one PUBG Corp was singing a little over a year ago. Last May, the <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/319017/PUBG_Corp_files_copyright_infringement_lawsuit_against_Fortnite_dev_Epic_Games.php">company filed a lawsuit</a> against Epic Games that alleged <em>Fortnite</em>’s then-new battle royale mode infringes on PUBG Corp’s copyrights due to its similarity to<em> PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds</em>. Slightly before the lawsuit was launched, the vice president of PUBG Corp parent company Bluehole accused Epic of “replicating the experience for which <em>Battlegrounds</em> is known” through the free-to-play <em>Fortnite</em> mode. However, that lawsuit was <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/320859/PUBG_Corp_drops_lawsuit_against_Fortnite_creator_Epic_Games.php">quietly withdrawn</a> less than a month later.</p>
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<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/pubg-corp-says-it-has-buried-the-hatchet-with-fortnite-dev-epic-games.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p><big><em><strong>“While I think we can learn a little bit from how that’s working over there, just like all games learn from each other, I don’t think their model exactly works for us.”</strong></em></big></p>
<p><em>– PUBG Corp’s Brian Corrigan details the relationship between it and </em>Fortnite<em> dev Epic Games.</em></p>
<p>Despite past animosity, <em>PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds </em>developer PUBG Corp says there’s no bad blood between it and <em>Fortnite</em> developer Epic Games, going so far as to tell PCGamesN that “they’re one of our best partners.”</p>
<p>In that conversation, which can be found in full <a href="https://www.pcgamesn.com/pubg/epic">here</a>, PUBG Corp studio director Brian Corrigan explains that <em>PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds</em> and <em>Fortnite</em> have grown into two quite different games, though they can learn lessons from one another.</p>
<p>“I guess what I’m trying to say is, it’s not like we’re taking the blueprint over there and trying to build a better photocopier,” says Corrigan. “That’s not it. If there’s pieces that work for us, that’s great, because we should learn from the best teachers across a lot of different games, but our formula is unique. That’s something we understand, and we have to always remember: this <em>PUBG</em> formula is unique, there really is nothing else out there like it.”</p>
<p>A relationship between the two companies is expected since <em>PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds </em>is built on Epic Games’ Unreal Engine and, higher up the ladder, both companies are involved with the Chinese company Tencent.</p>
<p>Still, it’s quite a different tune from the one PUBG Corp was singing a little over a year ago. Last May, the <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/319017/PUBG_Corp_files_copyright_infringement_lawsuit_against_Fortnite_dev_Epic_Games.php">company filed a lawsuit</a> against Epic Games that alleged <em>Fortnite</em>’s then-new battle royale mode infringes on PUBG Corp’s copyrights due to its similarity to<em> PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds</em>. Slightly before the lawsuit was launched, the vice president of PUBG Corp parent company Bluehole accused Epic of “replicating the experience for which <em>Battlegrounds</em> is known” through the free-to-play <em>Fortnite</em> mode. However, that lawsuit was <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/320859/PUBG_Corp_drops_lawsuit_against_Fortnite_creator_Epic_Games.php">quietly withdrawn</a> less than a month later.</p>
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