After being sued by PUBG, NetEase also considers suing… imitation games

In the past week, the game village has been in an uproar when PUBG Corp – Specialized development branch for PUBG of the Blueholefile a lawsuit NetEase PUBG piracy through 2 games Rules of Survival and Knives Out. PUBG Corp accused NetEase of not only copying many of PUBG’s Gameplay elements into its products, but also using PUBG’s image to attract players. The lawsuit has been filed in a California court and is awaiting the outcome.
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However, in the latest development related to NetEase, this Chinese game company has just had an announcement to surprise the community. Accordingly, while still being sued for copying PUBG, NetEase said that it will also sue any Studio that uses the “creative elements” contained in Rules of Survival and Knives Out. But the interesting thing is that this Chinese game company did not mention it Bluehole, PUBG Corp or specifically PUBG in its announcement.
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With that announcement, NetEase confirmed that the two games above are played by a large number of gamers and possess “completely new ideas and features”. NetEase also said that after witnessing the success of the two games above, many studios have begun to “copy” their ideas to use for their products. NetEase also said that it will use all legal resources to protect the “original idea” of Rules of Survival and Knives Out.
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NetEase announcement.

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After this announcement officially appeared, the news site MMOCulture also called this the “war of the clones” when he saw NetEase sue against other games that used the ideas in Rules of Survival and Knives Out.

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