<P> 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 incorporated some of the survival elements from the main Fortnite game . The game has seen 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 . PUBG Corp has sued Epic in South Korea claiming Fortnite Battle Royale infringements on Battlegrounds ' copyrights . </P>
<P> 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 incorporated some of the survival elements from the main Fortnite game . The game has seen 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 . PUBG Corp has sued Epic in South Korea claiming Fortnite Battle Royale infringements on Battlegrounds ' copyrights . </P>
which came first pubg or fortnite battle royale
which came first pubg or fortnite battle royale
Battlegrounds
Battlegrounds