battle royale
EVE Online’s 10,000 person ‘Aether Wars’ tech demo battle is about to begin
In January of 2018, EVE Online player shenanigans brought to a head the so-called "million-dollar battle." While we joked about it being a bust...
Apex Legends kicks off its first season today with battle pass and Octane
The first season of Apex Legends officially begins today with the release of the premiere battle pass and the addition of the game's first...
The Culling will sunset in May after unsuccessful free-to-play relaunch
Bad news for fans of The Culling: Developer Xaviant Games has announced that the game's free-to-play servers will close officially on May 15th.
Readers will...
The MOP Up: Aion’s cherry blossoms signal the arrival of spring
The Cherry Blossom Festival is in full bloom over at Aion Europe, with this spring festival offering a hero trial, a "topsy-turvy" laboratory, a...
Indian police arrest 10 over PUBG ban
Four cities in the Indian state of Gujarat have instituted a ban on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds over concern that the game causes violent behavior. The...
MMO Business Roundup: Gaming inclusion, Peria Chronicles, Google, and PUBG’s Brendan Greene
Welcome to another fast roundup of MMO-related business news!
Bookmark this research study so that if ever the loud angry gatekeeping trolls of gaming are...
H1Z1’s PC version, Z1 Battle Royale, sees another leadership reshuffle as Jace Hall steps down
Yesterday, Daybreak and NantGMobile announced that Jace Hall is no longer consulting on the PC version of H1Z1 known as Z1 Battle Royale, having...
Gamigo promises a ‘new and improved gardening system’ for Trove in 2019
While Gamigo may be cutting back on RIFT's extracurricular activities, Trove appears to be getting both more content and events. St. Qubeslick 2019, for...
Blade & Soul joins the battle royale bandwagon with the Shackled Isles limited time event
So, how about that battle royale flu, eh? Seems to be going around. Now Blade & Soul has caught the bug with the introduction...
Apex Legends developers ban 355K cheaters as dataminers find new weapons
Rising battle royale star Apex Legends just reduced its playerbase by 355,000 players. First, congratulations are in order for having enough players that banning 355,000 would...
Kickstarted MMORPG Ashes of Creation delays alpha one slightly for infrastructure refactoring
If you're one of the folks still wondering what's going on with Ashes of Creation since it began alpha testing a battle royale mode...
Try out level 60 PvE characters with Black Desert’s new trial toons system
Black Desert's western anniversary celebrations continue this week with the rollout of trial characters. If you've ever hated the idea of spending tons of...
Z1 Battle Royale declares the return of the king with a massive new update
Season 3 of Daybreak's PC H1Z1 (or Z1 Battle Royale now, or Z1BR for you hip kids) is coming back in a big way....
CCP Games and Hadean develop 10,000 player deathmatch demo, EVE: Aether Wars
Since the first time EVE Online developer CCP Games showed off its VR dogfighter EVE:Valkyrie, players have dreamed of having the directly controlled fighters...
The Stream Team: Celebrating Black Desert Online’s third anniversary with battle royale
What did you do for your third birthday? It probably wasn't a battle royale match. But that is exactly how Black Desert is celebrating...
Watch the rise and fall of the most popular Steam games of the last four years
For those of us who are visual learners (or heck, bar chart fanatics -Â and you know who you are), there's an interesting animated gif...
Apex Legends just secured its 50 millionth player
Respawn and EA announced this morning a big milestone for surprise battle royale hit Apex Legends: It's just racked up its 50 millionth player.
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The Daily Grind: What would it take to get you to try a battle royale game?
The big thing these days is Apex Legends, which is the sudden success story to mirror Fortnite's overnight success, which itself mirrored the overnight...
Fortnite launches season 8, new battle pass, Save the World AMA – and contends with Apex Legends
Fortnite's season 8 is live today with a new battle pass to buy and a very Apex Legends-style feature: a ping system. I'm trying...
NantG continues negotiations with Daybreak to resurrect H1Z1’s Just Survive
The future of H1Z1's zombie survival component Just Survive has been in limbo for some time now, ever since a joint venture with Daybreak Games...
