Epic Games CEO warns against Fortnite cryptocurrency scam: Here’s what he said
bgr.inEpic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has taken to Twitter to warn people about a cryptocurrency scam that making rounds on the social media. Epic Games holds the rights to popular Battle Royale game, Fortnite. Now, Sweeney is warning Fortnite fans against a cryptocurrency-based token with a similar name — Fortnite Token. Also Read — Call of Duty Mobile to BGMI: Indian eSports market is still early stage and is poised to witness significant growth
Notably, Fortnite Token first appeared back in 2021. However, it has mostly remained inactive until last month when it began inviting people “start minting your NFT creations on nftoken site and sell on OpenSea.” When Sweeney caught wind of the matter, he bluntly called out the matter calling it a scam. Also Read — Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 3: Darth Vader, Indiana Jones skins and more revealed
<p dir=«ltr» lang=«en» xml:lang=«en»>It’s all a scam. Also Read — Fortnite game developer Epic Games joins Volvo to power electric cars: Check details— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) June 6, 2022
Responding to Sweeney’s comments, makers of Fortnite Token instead of pulling the plug on the matter replied back saying, “Fortnite Token isn’t a scam cryptocurrency project.” “Instead, this is a fair-launch, community-driven, Fortnite game fans-created cryptocurrency project with no specified owner or company structure behind it or a CEO deciding on its future,” they added as reported by PC Gamer.
The Epic Games CEO responded to this with a message that they couldn’t use the ‘Fortnite name and images without permission to market an unrelated product.’
<p dir=«ltr» lang=«en» xml:lang=«en»>That’s not how trademarks and copyrights work though. You can’t use the Fortnite name and images without permission to market Read more on bgr.in
