Epic Games, the developers of the Fortnite online Battle Royale game, can now heave a sigh of relief now that the creators of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds PUBG have withdrawn their copyright infringement suit filed against them in a South Korean court.

Earlier, PUBG filed the lawsuit against Epic Games at the Seoul Central District Court alleging that Epic Games copied “Battlegrounds" items and user interface (UI). Fortnite intitally was not a Battle Royale video game, unlike PUBG which is a Battle Royale game since its inception as a Steam early access beta program in March 2017. Only in September 2017 did Fornite introduce its own Battle Royale mode.

According to Bloomberg, PUBG Corp. sent a letter to the lawyers of Epic Games last Monday in South Korea and the case is now closed. There is no mention why they withdrew the lawsuit or if there was a settlement agreed upon by the two companies. PUBG Corp. is a subsidiary of Bluehole, which like Epic Games, are partly owned by Tencent, China’s social media giant.

Online Battle Royale games are the thing these days that even the biggest names are pivoting their games such as Call of Duty with Black Ops 4 ditching away the single player mode and will be an online Battle Royale video game. PUBG was initially the king of the hill, but with the introduction of Battle Royale in Fortnite, it has now more users playing , having around 3.4 million concurrent users as compared to PUBG’s 3.3 million users last February 2018. PUBG licenses Epic Games Unreal gaming engine.

Will PUBG still be hunting some targets to sue for adopting the Battle Royale format? Maybe yes or maybe not. But with more Battle Royale games coming online, it will be interesting to see how PUBG will navigate the turbulent waters in order to survive.