“The PUBG community has and continues to provide evidence of the many similarities as we contemplate further action. The press release cites a Reddit AMA with Greene in which he said in response to a question about other publishers - notably, not Epic - entering the space, “Other companies will, of course, enter the marketplace, but I would just hope they put their own spin on the game mode and not just make a carbon copy!”ĭespite that expectation, Chang Han Kim suggests the similarities between the two products are too close for comfort. The game begins with players being dropped off an island with only their parachute.
You will be pitted against - at most - 99 other players. The premise of PUBG is that of a battle royale you must fight other players until you’re the last one standing. In the announcement trailer for Fortnite: Battle Royale, Epic’s Donald Mustard says, “At Epic, were huge fans of the battle royale genre, and games like PUBG and H1Z1.' In the blog post announcing the version, under “The Fortnite Team” byline, Epic writes, “We love Battle Royale games like PUBG and thought Fortnite would make a great foundation for our own version.”īefore Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds was released earlier this year, creator Brendan Greene consulted on H1Z1’s battle royale mode, later spun off as H1Z1: King of the Kill, and cut his teeth creating battle royale mods for military sim ARMA. PlayerUnkown Battlegrounds is an online multiplayer game developed by PUBG Corporation.
