Last year, PUBG developer PUBG Corp. said it was considering legal action against Fortnite developer Epic Games. While the phrase "considering legal action" can at times be an empty threat, the company has gone through with it--at least in Korea. PUBG Corp. has sued Epic on the grounds of copyright infringement.
The actual lawsuit was filed back in January in the Seoul Central District Court. Epic Games Korea, a division of Epic Games, is the defendant. The PUBG company said in September that it was "concerned that Fortnite may be replicating the experience for which PUBG is known." The Korean studio said PUBG is the "first standalone Battle Royale survival shooter game." That of course isn't true, with standalone games like The Culling releasing before it. We talk about this entire situation in today's GameSpot Daily, but we've got a bunch of other stories coming at you in 30 minutes or less.
In other news, EA has confirmed that Battlefield V will not have loot boxes. Developer DICE revealed during an event last week that the game would not be pay-to-win or feature paid DLC; however, it was also announced that the game would feature microtransactions in the form of cosmetics. Until now, it was unclear whether those would come in loot boxes. On a related note, we learned why EA went with the Roman numeral V instead of 5 for the game's title, and we go into that in the video above.
And now for something completely different. We haven't seen anything from the new Avatar game by The Division developer Ubisoft Massive, and it sounds like we won't get a look at it any time soon. Ubisoft confirmed to IGN that the game won't be released until April 1, 2020, at the very earliest. It also wasn't included in Ubisoft's recently revealed E3 lineup, which only featured games that have already been announced. However, the company did tease that it usually has "a few surprises for the show."
And for our last story, Star Citizen is up to some dang hijinks, as it now offers an add-on pack that costs $27,000 US. It comes with 117 ships and 163 extras, such as skins and upgrades. With how successful it's been when it comes to crowdfunding, this may not actually come as much of a surprise. It's raised over $185 million total, with $35 million of that coming in 2017 alone.
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