PUBG developer Krafton has filed a lawsuit against Garena, Apple, and Google. Krafton alleged that Garena – which released battle royale games Free Fire and Free Fire Max – has copied PUBG: Battlegrounds and is suing Apple and Google for distributing the games on their respective app stores.
As per the complaint of copyright infringement, Krafton has filed a lawsuit against Free Fire and Free Fire Max developer Garena. The developer of PUBG alleged that Garena has copied its popular battle royale title. Krafton further mentioned in the lawsuit that Garena has earned “hundreds of millions of dollars” from sales from two games and that Apple and Google have earned significant revenue from the distribution of the two Free Fire apps. Both apps are still listed on Apple’s App Store and Google Play store.
Krafton claims that it took action against Free Fire and Free Fire Max on December 21. First of which included asking Garena to “immediately stop its exploitation of Free Fire and Free Fire Max, including by revoking its apparent authorization to Apple and Google.” Garena apparently refused to do so. Furthermore, PUBG’s developer also requested Apple and Google to “cease distributing and exploiting” the two games on their platforms, both app stores still listed.
Additionally, the lawsuit also mentioned Garena sold a game in 2017 in Singapore that is said to have copied PUBG: Battlegrounds. Krafton mentioned that while the claims were settled, there was no licensing agreement between the two gaming developers.