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Epic Games has been prohibited from creating licensed content in its Fortnite Unreal Editor, which has gained impressive popularity after its launch and its announcement in the past State of Unreal a few days ago. The current situation of this new addition, which represents a revolution in the field of video game creation, has raised alarms at Epic Games.
It was clear that many players were going to create content from other licenses in the Unreal Editor, this is something that has led the company to prohibit this type of creation, since they are subject to intellectual property and their creation is not allowed. That is why all the content subject and made in Unreal Editor has to be original and new, or in any case, have the licenses of the original creators.
Epic Games has prohibited creating content from other licenses in the Unreal Editor
Of course, this also includes the licenses that are in use by Epic Games, however recently we saw a faithful recreation of the first Fortnite island made by a fan, and in this case they had wide sleeves. However, it seems that in the rest of the cases it has been decided to take action on the matter.
Cutting the issue in the bud has been the decision that Epic Games itself has made, making very clear the guidelines for creating content within the Unreal Editor. A few days ago we could see much of its potential in recent announcements, as well as the upcoming releases of Hellblade 2 or The Lords of the Fallen.
“These rules make it clear that you are not allowed to create, publish or monetize content based on other licenses protected by copyright.”
This has been the State of Unreal by Epic Games, with announcements that will revolutionize the video game landscape
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We will have to continue to see how the situation evolves, but the truth is that with this (logical) restriction on the creation of licensed content, the artistic capacity of many fans will be hampered by these new conditions. However, this can open the door for us to see new worlds and designs never seen before.