pubg or fortnite battle royale came first.
pubg or fortnite battle royale came first.
which came first pubg or fortnite battle royale?
fortnite battle royale
epic games had released "fortnite", a cooperative survival game, into early access near the release of "battlegrounds". epic saw the potential to create their own battle royale mode, and by september 2017, released the free-to-play "fortnite battle royale" which combined some of the survival elements and mechanics from the main "fortnite" game with the battle royale gameplay concept. the game saw similar player counts as "battlegrounds", with twenty million unique players reported by epic games by november 2017. bluehole expressed concern at this move, less due to being a clone of "battlegrounds", but more so that they had been working with epic games for technical support of the unreal engine in "battlegrounds", and thus they were worried that "fortnite" may be able to include planned features to their battle royale mode before they could release those in "battlegrounds". "battleground" developer, pubg corporation, filed a lawsuit against epic in south korea in january 2018 claiming "fortnite battle royale" infringements on "battlegrounds" copyrights. market observers predicted that there would be little likelihood of bluehole winning the case, as it would be difficult to establish the originality of "pubg" in court due to the battle royale game genre, which includes both "pubg" and "fortnite battle royale", being derived from the japanese film "battle royale". by the end of june 2018, the lawsuit had been closed by pubg, under undisclosed reasons.
battle royale game
"fortnite battle royale" has also become a cultural online phenomenon, with several celebrities reporting they play the game, and athletes using "fortnite" emotes as victory celebrations. a notable streaming event in march 2018, with streamer ninja playing "fortnite battle royale" alongside drake, travis scott, kim dotcom, and pittsburgh steelers wide receiver juju smith-schuster, broke viewership records for twitch to date, and led to epic arranging a "fortnite battle royale" pro–am with 50 pairs of streamers and professional players matched with celebrities at the electronic entertainment expo 2018 in june 2018. epic games has developed organized esports competitions around "fortnite battle royale", such as the inaugural fortnite world cup tournament that took place in july 2019.
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