The company behind the biggest game in the world, "Fortnite," is being taken to court by the studio responsible for the second-biggest game in the world, "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" ("PUBG").
PUBG Corp. and Epic Games
Stranger still: The two companies involved - Bluehole Studios ("PUBG") and Epic Games ("Fortnite") - both share a mutual investor, Chinese holding company Tencent.
Bluehole's suit claims that Epic is infringing on its copyright. Bluehole intends to enforce its claim by suing Epic Games in South Korea, Bloomberg reported on Monday night.
This isn't the first time that Bluehole has claimed Epic's "Fortnite" is copying "PUBG." Soon after "Fortnite" added its "Battle Royale" mode in September 2017, Bluehole VP and executive producer Chang Han Kim made his company's feelings about it clear: "We are concerned that 'Fortnite' may be replicating the experience for which 'PUBG' is known," Kim said in a press release. It's also not the first time that Bluehole has taken legal action to protect its "Battle Royale" concept.
Here's a brief history of the ongoing battle over Battle Royale: