With the Epic Games vs Apple trial set for May, the strain continues to construct between the 2. And as Apple promoted Fortnite competitor PUBG on the App Store at present, Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney took a shot at each in a few tweets.
Shortly after Epic Games filed its antitrust lawsuit, Apple featured its competitor PUBG at the highest of the App Store. Fast ahead to at present and the App Store Twitter account shared a tweet about PUBG’s Royale Pass 18 and Sweeney had a couple of things to say…
There are fairly a number of layers right here. PUBG predates Epic Games’ Fortnite and was the sport that introduced battle royale to the mainstream. PUBG even sued Epic over copying options however that lawsuit ended up being dropped.
Fortnite is thought for its playful, cartoon-type graphics, skins, and extra. And notably, PUBG which originated with a extra Call of Duty-style design began copying components of Fortnite with its “New Era” overhaul that landed final yr. Other elements that Fortnite made standard are bringing points like actual-world dance strikes, dwell concert events, and such inside the sport.
The new trailer for PUBG under places a concentrate on new vibrant skins, dance strikes, and concert events, and “all-new surprises” to which Sweeney stated “Putting the Fortnite into PUBG! Go Apple marketing team!”
The different layer to all of that is PUBG is constructed with Epic’s Unreal Engine. That was one thing Apple requested the court docket to dam Epic from with the ability to develop for Mac/iOS however that request was denied.
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