Epic Games is suing Lucas Johnston, a tester at Montreal's Keywords Studios, for leaking âhighly confidential informationâ about Fortniteâs Chapter 2 update (via Eurogamer).
If youâre reading this and feeling more than a tinge of déjà vu, thatâs because the developer took legal action against a Fortnite user experience tester in October. Ronald Sykes was accused of revealing lots of the new features arriving in the battle royale once the black hole hiatus came to a close.
Epic Games does not mess around and it deems Johnston to have violated his non-disclosure agreement when he took a screenshot of the new world. This screenshot appeared on a Fortnite Competitionsâ official forum over a month before Chapter 2 debuted, and it was posted by a user who is friends with Johnston.
He stated that he emailed the screenshot to himself and maintains that he has no idea how it became public. Nevertheless, Epic Games claims that the playtesterâs actions, ââdeprived [the developer] of the element of surprise,â tipped off its competitors to its strategy and affected its reputation among its peersâ. The company is seeking yet-unspecified damages in excess of $85,000.
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