Can you play Minecraft in Fortnite Creative 2.0? DMCA issue, explored

Epic Games introduced the Unreal Editor For Fortnite (UEFN), also known as Creative 2.0, at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2023 earlier this week. Fortnite's sandbox mode, called Creative, updated with UEFN, has entered a new age of island creation. What's new, however, is support for Unreal Engine 5.1 and access to assets from Fortnite's earliest chapters all the way up to the most recent.

UEFN equips loopers with many resources, allowing mapmakers to expand the boundaries of immersion and hyperrealism in their customary fashion.

Since the game's release, creators have begun building their own versions of the iconic Battle Royale islands from prior seasons. According to Epic Games, creators may only recreate and publish Chapter 1 maps, and they can't be monetized. Furthermore, several people created their own minigames based on well-known games and pop culture.

A group of creators recently built a blocked version of Minecraft in UEFN, recorded a full walkthrough, and decided against publishing it. Yet gamers are still left wondering if they can play it on Creative 2.0.

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Fortnite players cannot play Minecraft in Creative 2.0 due to copyright restrictions

A Japanese animator by the name of Sinmau06 re-created the world of classic Minecraft in UEFN and recorded a video of the same for his Twitter followers. While sharing a 42-second long video clip of a complete walkthrough of the Minecraft forest in UEFN, he wrote the following (translated from Japanese):

"The world of Minecraft in Fortnite!"

Nevertheless, due to stringent copyrighted material limitations in UEFN, the creator of the island did not release it to the public. Epic has declared that creators who generate inappropriate or copyrighted content on the application and publish it, even if accidentally, will be permanently banned from Epic Games services and face legal penalties.

Keeping in line with Epic's guidelines, Sinmau06 answered his followers' questions about the publication of the map and the provision of the island code. The following was his response to his own tweet (translated from Japanese):

"I can't publish the code because it is against the rules to publish a map that contains copyrighted material of others. Or rather, it seems that it is dangerous to publish it to the public, so I will not publish the copyrighted material after that."

Soon after, prominent YouTuber EvanTube recreated the Minecraft island in UEFN, but with a much brighter color scheme and more style to match Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. games. He even made a YouTube video about the map and shared footage of his island with fans.

In an update, he said that he had recreated his Minecraft island in UEFN so that he could use the game's vehicles, such as the Dirt Bike and the Rogue Bike, for some lighthearted fun. Due to strict copyright regulations in place for UEFN mapmakers, he, too, did not publish the island.

In addition to the protected material, developers are building their own versions of well-known games and franchises and distributing them with great enthusiasm on the UEFN platform. Epic's metaverse will continue to grow in the eyes of the gaming community as the most anticipated age of game creation finally arrives.