WASHINGTON — Two directors of Epic Games who had been appointed by Chinese gaming and social media firm Tencent Holdings resigned from the board of the Fortnite video game maker after the US Justice Department's antitrust division expressed concerns, the department said on Wednesday (Dec 18).

The Justice Department had been concerned that the two directors' membership on the boards of both Epic and Tencent violated US law.

Tencent owns a minority interest in Epic Games. It is also the parent company of a gaming competitor to Epic, Riot Games, the Justice Department said in a statement.

"Tencent also decided to amend its shareholder agreement with Epic to relinquish its unilateral right to appoint directors or observers to the Epic board in the future," the department said.

It said the two directors' positions on both the Epic and Tencent boards violated Section 8 of the Clayton Act, which prohibits directors and officers from serving simultaneously on the boards of competitors, subject to limited exceptions.

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