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Cheaters Being Sued by Epic

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13 October 2017

By Alex Khalil

Epic Games is reportedly suing two Fortnite players on the grounds of cheating and for violating the game’s terms of service. TorrentFreak has been issued with legal complaints in North Carolina against the two individuals. Documents claim that the players were ‘modifying and changing the game’s code, committing copyright infringement in the process.’

Epic warned about the potential action it may take. In a blog post, they stated:

‘Let’s be straight for a second, nobody likes playing with cheaters. Not you, not me. Nobody.’

They added that cheating in Fortnite is ‘the highest priority across Epic Games’.

‘We’re exploring every measure to ensure these cheaters are removed and stay removed from Fortnite Battle Royale and the Epic ecosystem. We don’t want to give too many clues about what we’re doing, but we are rolling out tools and will continue to do so.’

Epic has already banned ‘thousands’ of players and will continue to ban as needed.

Fortnite is focused on collecting and using various heroes to expand your base of operations and push back the storm of undead.

Epic’s lawsuits against the two alleged cheaters say that the defendants ‘use cheats in a deliberate attempt to destroy the integrity of, and wreak havoc in, the Fortnite game’. The company is suing on the grounds of copyright infringement with up to $150,000 in damages.

This isn’t the only lawsuit problem Fortnite has found itself facing recently. With the release of the Fortnite Battle Royale, Bluehole, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds developer threatened to sue over similarities. This lead to a big old debate about the ‘battle royal’ genre and how you can’t copyright a type of game. The consensus was for Bluehole to stop pouting because it’s one of the most successful games of the year.

Fortnite Battle Royale is available for free now on PS4, Xbox One and PC.

 

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