The lawsuit was filed by PUBG engineer Krafton against Garena, Apple, and Google. Garena, who created the Free Fire and Free Fire Max games, is suing Apple and Google for distributing the games in their app stores, according to Krafton. Krafton also accused Google of hosting video game Garena's Free Fire and Free Fire Max on YouTube. In addition, Krafton is said to have taken a number of steps against the war royale games in question.

Krafton has filed a lawsuit against Free Fire and Free Fire Max engineer Garena, according to a copyright complaint filed by The Verge. The creators of PUBG claim that Garena has launched their popular war royale game. In the case, Krafton also claims that Garena made "hundreds of millions of dollars" in the sale of two games, as well as the fact that Apple and Google made money from the distribution of two Free Fire applications. Both apps are still available for download on the Apple App Store and Google Play.

On December 21, Krafton claims to have taken action against Free Fire and Free Fire Max. The first was to demand that Garena "immediately stop abusing Free Fire and Free Fire Max, which included withdrawing its official visibility from Apple and Google." Garena, on the other hand, seems to be hitting the ground running for not doing so. In addition, the PUBG developer has asked Apple and Google to "stop distributing and exploiting" these two games on their platforms, unless both app stores remain active.

YouTube has also been asked to remove dozens of videos from its forums that contain "sections apparently violating the Battlegrounds, as well as a feature-length feature film that violates the law separately." Google Video sharing forum still has these videos available. Here's a brief look at the movie if you're interested.

In addition, the lawsuit alleges that Garena sold the game in Singapore in 2017 which was believed to be a copy of PUBG: Battlefields. While the cases are being resolved, there is no license agreement between the two game developers, according to Krafton.

According to data provided to The Verge by Sensor Tower, Free Fire generated $ 1.1 billion (approximately Rs. 8,153 crore) in player spending by 2021, which should increase by 48 percent annually. Although Krafton made $ 2.98 billion (approximately Rs. 22,087 crore) over the same period, it increased by only 7% year-on-year. Data from Appfigures was also confirmed for publication, which, although revenue figures differed, data showed that Free Fire was closer to PUBG in terms of popularity and revenue.

"Krafton's claims are baseless," a spokeswoman for Lwandle, Garena's parent company, told The Verge.