Tim Sweeney’s company is suing its former user experience tester for revealing details early about Fortnite Chapter 2.

Fortnite got a hold of the documents that Epic Games has filed in North Carolina (the state the company’s HQ is – it makes sense). In them, Epic claims that Ronald Sykes, their tester, has breached his NDA (non-disclosure agreement) by leaking details on Twitter after his testing in September about the new map, the presence of swimming and the boats, as well as the upgrade stations scattered across the map.

„Information is currency. Sykes cashed in on what he learned as a user experience tester for Epic. He did so at the expense of Epic and those in the Fortnite community who were anxiously awaiting the new season of Fortnite only to have some of Epic’s planned surprises spoiled by Sykes’ leaks. Sykes’ spoilers did just what the word itself suggests: they diminished the anticipation of what was to come and the joy of looking forward to it. They detracted from the pleasure that the Fortnite community takes from the game because they deprived some of its members of the thrill that comes from the element of surprise and the delight of experiencing that surprise and the planned ‘reveal’ all together at the same time. As a direct result of Sykes’ breach of his contractual obligations under his NDA, Epic has sustained and will continue to sustain damages in an amount to be determined,” Epic wrote in the lawsuit.

Epic is now seeking damages, as well as „the distruction of all copies of Epic’s trade secrets in Sykes’ possession.” And it’s not the first time either: last year, Epic sued a tester for leaking details about Fortnite’s fourth season.

However, the battle royale game remains in the news with cases like this…

Source: PCGamer

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