Popular Fortnite leaks outlet forced to shut down by Epic Games

Albert Petrosyan

One of the biggest online outlets for Fortnite Battle Royale news and leaks is being forced to shut down by game developer Epic Games. 

The owner of FNBRLeaks, Preston, announced on December 13 that he will be shutting down the popular outlet’s pages on social media, Discord, and YouTube as a direct result of Epic Games threatening to take legal action against him and his business.

“I am not going to go into specifics with this, but 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,” he tweeted. 

“Thank you all for the support and followers over my 7 month span of the FNBRLeaks Twitter. Sadly, everything comes to an end.”

According to the last tweet posted on the FNBRLeaks Twitter page, the account would be shut down and deleted on December 13 at 4:45 PM PT / 7:45 PM ET. 

Unfortunately, it appears that FNBRLeaks went a little too above and beyond when it came to leaking content, and Epic Games ultimately decided that enough was enough.

‘TwoEpicBuddies,’ a prominent German-based data miner, announced on November 5 that he was no longer in the leaking business, although he did not mention any threat of legal action and instead chalked it up to “I don’t feel like doing it anymore.”

However, it could also mean that Epic are admitting defeat when it comes to stopping unreleased and upcoming content from appearing in their game files, which is how these data miners have been leaking content since Fortnite grew to prominence in late 2017. 

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