Epic Games Shuts Down Famed 'Fortnite' Leak Site FNBRLeaks

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Fortnite is a game that, despite the seemingly split views on its enjoyable nature, continues to smash through records left and right for concurrent players enjoying the Battle Royale experience. Unfortunately for the team at Epic Games, their files seem rather vulnerable to prying eyes, which means datamining is super easy to do in order to find hidden items and events on the way. It looks like the studio isn't taking it lying down anymore, because they took legal action against one of the biggest leak sites and they have officially ceased all operations.

According to Eurogamer, several major leaking sites have been hit with the below cease and desist letter including the biggest of them all: FNBRLeaks. The site's leader also gave the announcement of deletion over on TwitLonger to give fans the bad news, "Due to the request of an Epic Games Attorney who I'm not going to disclose, my Twitter, Discord, YouTube, Instagram and Github must be deleted, or else they will take action," site owner Preston wrote. "Thank you all for the support and followers over my seven month span of the FNBRLeaks Twitter."

The main cause of concern for the studio is that the rapid-fire leaks "have spoiled the game for millions of people who play and/or watch Fortnite and negatively impact those who work hard to create and update Fortnite."

Given that part of Fortnite's charm is its whimsicle aesthetic and shocking twists and turns seen in every new season, it is fair for them to mention that it "ruins" certain aspect of the game. When a title relies on surprises and those surprises get leaked weeks in advance, the cause of concern is noteworthy.

As for the site itself, it's still technically live with even the most recent nerf news for what's to come. Since the site hosts tons of datamined images, pngs, and other sorts of items that Epic Games hasn't released yet, it's unclear how long the site will actually remain available to view.

Posted: Dec 15, 2018 9:31 pm
Related Forum: Gaming Discussion

Source: https://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/12/14/epic-games-shuts-down-famed-fortnite-leak-site-fnbrleaks/

Comments

S7Posted: Sun. Dec 16, 2018

It will be interesting to see what they actually do about it and if they seek legal action. I know Rockstar has set the bar pretty high with GTA 5, not that Fortnite is being hacked out of its ass but still stuff being put out that isnt quite released yet woud be a little annoying

MazePosted: Sun. Dec 16, 2018

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Maze Damn this is one of the sites I'm actually familiar with. It took a while but glad epic finally did this. Practically every single thing in their game from new guns to future skins have been leaked. They need a real surprise that isn't a live event.

I feel like you just post to post without reading a damn thing, why would it be good that that shut down his twitter?

What if people want to see leaks, the people who dont want to see leaks dont have to follow the twitter page id they dont want to.

It's just my preference that things don't get leaked. Not to mention, the developers clearly have a problem with it. Even if you don't follow the leaking twitter, the leaks are all over the place. In YouTube videos, on TTG, reddit, everywhere

VatasyPosted: Sun. Dec 16, 2018

Maze Damn this is one of the sites I'm actually familiar with. It took a while but glad epic finally did this. Practically every single thing in their game from new guns to future skins have been leaked. They need a real surprise that isn't a live event.

I feel like you just post to post without reading a damn thing, why would it be good that that shut down his twitter?

What if people want to see leaks, the people who dont want to see leaks dont have to follow the twitter page id they dont want to.

MazePosted: Sat. Dec 15, 2018

Damn this is one of the sites I'm actually familiar with. It took a while but glad epic finally did this. Practically every single thing in their game from new guns to future skins have been leaked. They need a real surprise that isn't a live event.