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According to Bloomberg, PUBG Corp. sent a letter of withdrawal to Epic Games’ attorneys on Monday.

No details were given as to why PUBG Corp. withdrew the suit, or if a settlement had been reached.

PUBG Corp. alleged that Epic Games’ battle royale title Fortnite infringed its intellectual property.

PUBG Corp. a subsidiary of Korean developer Bluehole Studio , has dropped its lawsuit against Fortnite developer Epic Games. According to a Bloomberg report, PUBG Corp. sent a letter of withdrawal to the attorneys of Epic Games Korea on Monday and that the case has been closed. No details were given as to why PUBG Corp. withdrew the suit, or if a settlement had been reached.

The suit was filed earlier this year in South Korea, with PUBG Corp. alleging that Fortnite’s battle royale mode infringed on the copyright of PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS . The issue was further complicated, according to PUBG Corp. by the fact that PUBG uses Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4. Epic used the same engine to create Fortnite’s battle royale mode.

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Epic Games is partly owned by Chinese tech company Tencent. Tencent is reportedly close to a deal to acquire a stake in Bluehole, though there is no indication as to whether or not this played a role in PUBG Corp.’s decision. In April of this year, PUBG Corp. also filed a copyright lawsuit against Chinese game company NetEase over its mobile battle royale games Rules of Survival and Knives Out.

Amidst the lawsuit, Fortnite is pushing ahead with its ambitious plans for the esports industry. Following the Fortnite pro-am event at E3 (which peaked at 700K viewers on the official Fortnite Twitch channel), Epic Games will soon begin the game’s first competitive season, which will feature a $100M prize-pool, culminating in a World Cup.