Fortnite’s always been eager to crack down on cheating. Even back in 2017, Epic Games carried out ban waves where it removed “thousands” of misbehaving players, and it is still pursuing an ongoing lawsuit against two other players for cheating. Now, the company is once again stepping up efforts to combat cheats, as two YouTubers are being sued by Epic for copyright infringement and breach of contract.
Golden Modz (Brandon Lucas) and Exentric (Colton Conter) are both facing a lawsuit for “injecting unauthorised cheat software” into Fortnite and promoting the hacks online.
In the official complaint (via TorrentFreak), Epic declares the “defendants are cheaters”, and accuses the YouTubers of having used aimbots to hack the game. The complaint also states the defendants joked the cheat software gave them “magical powers, allowing them to ‘troll’ Fortnite by killing dozens of other players and ‘win’ the game”.
Source: Eurogamer Fortnite YouTubers sued by Epic for promoting sale of cheats