Rajkotupdates.news : pubg developer krafton has filed a lawsuit against garena free fire Publisher and developer Krafton (PUBG Mobile, PUBG: Battlegrounds) is suing Sea Limited and its subsidiary Garena over the excessive similarity of their Free Fire battle royale to their own.
According to Krafton, Free Fire and Free Fire MAX openly copy “many elements” of Battlegrounds, including copyrighted airdrops, structure, gameplay, weapon arsenal, and even the color palette.
On December 21, 2021, Krafton reportedly demanded from:
- Garena “immediately cease” use of Free Fire and Free Fire MAX;
- Apple and Google stop the distribution of these games in their digital stores;
- YouTube (owned by Google) to remove the Free Fire and Free Fire MAX gameplay videos (and the PUBG-like movie Biubiubiu) from the site.
- Krafton did not achieve any of the above, and therefore decided to sue – not only Sea Limited, but also Apple, Google and YouTube for distributing copyright infringing games and videos on their platforms.
Rajkotupdates.news : pubg developer krafton has filed a lawsuit against garena free fire
Krafton claims that Free Fire has generated “hundreds of millions of dollars” for Garena: in 2021, user spending was $1.1 billion, and the game earned $414 million. PUBG Mobile is still ahead ($2.9 billion and $639 million), but Free Fire is catching up
PUBG Mobile Apple and Google
Apple and Google have not yet commented on the situation, while Sea Limited spokesman Jason Golz called Krafton’s claims baseless in a statement to The Verge .
Free Fire came out in August 2017 and Free Fire MAX came out in September 2021. Last summer, downloads of the Android version of the shareware mobile battle royale exceeded 1 billion .
PUBG developer sues Apple, Google and Free Fire creators for copying
Krafton, the developer of the PUBG game, has filed a lawsuit against three companies: Garena, Apple and Google. Garena is accused of creating two games (Free Fire and Free Fire Max) that almost completely copy its popular game PUBG: Battlegrounds.
Apple and Google are accused of distributing
At the same time, Apple and Google are accused of distributing these games in their app stores. And in addition, Google is accused of posting gameplay videos of the two games on YouTube, as well as “numerous posts containing a full-length Chinese film that is nothing more than a blatant re-enactment of live action Battlegrounds with copyright infringement.”
Krafton claims to have taken the following steps as of December 21st:
asked Garena to “immediately stop using Free Fire and Free Fire Max”, to which Garena apparently refused;
asked YouTube to remove Free Fire and Free Fire Max gameplay videos, as well as a feature-length film that violated its copyright. But YouTube didn’t.
PUBG Mobile brought developer
Players spent about $1.1 billion on Free Fire in 2021, according to analytics firm Sensor Tower. This is 48% more than the result of 2020. At the same time, PUBG Mobile brought developers $2.9 billion, but the increase compared to the previous year was only 7%. Thus, PUBG Mobile’s revenue growth is slowing down, while Free Fire’s revenue is skyrocketing.
Garena Sea said Krafton’s “claims are baseless.”
Note that this is not the first time that developers have accused digital distribution services of not wanting to remove obvious clones of their projects. For example, in 2020, Ubisoft filed a lawsuit against Apple and Google for refusing to remove Area F2, a Chinese copy of Rainbow Six Siege, from their stores
PUBG developer sues creators of Free Fire
The developer of the popular game PUBG recently filed a lawsuit against the studio Garena, who created the games Free Fire and Free Fire Max. Rajkotupdates.news : pubg developer krafton has filed a lawsuit against garena free fire
numerous aspects of Battlegrounds
The gist of the lawsuit is that these games “copy numerous aspects of Battlegrounds, both individually and in combination, including the copyrighted ‘airdrop’ mechanics, game structure, gameplay, weapons, armor, unique items, locations and the overall choice of color schemes, materials and textures.”
In addition, Krafton has also sued Apple and Google for distributing the game through their App Store and Play Store platforms. Krafton emphasized that thanks to these services, Garena earned about 100 million rubles from the sale of Free Fire.
PUBG sued the Creator of Free Fire, Apple and Google
The developer of PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS has filed a lawsuit against the authors of the Free Fire battle royale . Krafton representatives want to protect copyrights, accusing Garena of copying PUBG mechanics.
mechanics of air drop in pubg
In particular, the copyright mechanics of air drop, frying pan, chicken, locations, objects and textures are mention. Rajkotupdates.news : pubg developer krafton has filed a lawsuit against garena free fire
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