The develop behind PUBG (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) has just recently filed a lawsuit against major companies, Apple and Google, along with the maker of “PUBG Clones” developer, Garena as well.

According to The Verge, Krafton Inc is suing Garena for developing two games that are allegedly a copy of its existing title, PUBG: Battlegrounds. This was the original battle royale game that kicked off the BR trend while also spawning its popular mobile spin offs as well. However, Garena is facing the lawsuit owing to its two mobile games, namely Free Fire and Free Fire Max. Furthermore, the company is even suing the two tech giants Apple and Google for distributing the game.

Update on the below:

1. The directors said it's not a PUBG movie, despite basically being a PUBG movie.

2. Krafton said they are considering suing given the similarities to the PUBG IP.

3. You can watch it with English subs here: https://t.co/lS1SfdTRhj https://t.co/pBdcsqZttn

— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) August 15, 2021

According to an official statement from Krafton, “Free Fire and Free Fire Max extensively copy numerous aspects of Battlegrounds, both individually and in combination, including Battlegrounds’ copyrighted unique game opening “air drop” feature, the game structure and play, the combination and selection of weapons, armor, and unique objects, locations, and the overall choice of color schemes, materials, and textures.”

Krafton is also accusing Google for hosting YouTube videos with gameplay of the two games as well as “numerous posts containing a feature-length Chinese film that is nothing more than a blatantly infringing live action dramatization of Battlegrounds.” For those unaware, Garena’s Free Fire and Free Fire Max is available in both App Store and Play Store for free. The PUBG developer even added that Garena has earned hundreds of millions from in game sales through Apple and Google app stores.

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Back in 2017, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds took the gaming community by storm. The game offered a battle royale experience on the computer platform for a price of Rs. 1,499(~$20). But, now, the creative director of Krafton has confirmed that PUBG will be soon free-to-play.

According to Dave Curd, the creative director, PlayerUnknow’s Battleground a.k.a PUBG will be free-to-play for the PC platform. The game is touted to be free-to-play from January 12 2022. It is already up for pre-registrations and the game copy will have most of the elements free. But, some elements including ranked matchmaking will be paid.

The ranked matchmaking and other elements can be unlocked by paying a one-time fee of $12.99(~Rs. 982). This fee will essentially be an account upgrade for the game. It will unlock features like custom match modes, special in-game items, and others.

According to reports, earlier, PUBG was one of the most popular games ever with over 75 million copies sold. However, it seemed to be losing grip from the audience and to get it back, PUBG may have decided to make it free-to-play.

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