battle royale
SuperData March 2019: The Division 2’s strong entry and the dominance of battle royale
Were you worried about the success of The Division 2? Maybe don't be. Ubisoft's big multiplayer sequel entered Superdata's global gaming revenue charts at...
Fortnite teases imminent Avengers: Endgame crossover event
This weekend, Marvel's epic Infinity War saga will finally be drawing to a close with the release of Avengers: Endgame, and it looks like...
Daybreak’s Z1 Battle Royale is sunsetting its South American servers, canceling Showdown event
April's been a rough month for fans of Z1 Battle Royale, the PC version of H1Z1. Developer NantG laid off a chunk of staff...
Black Desert says it’s finished its Shadow Arena-related ‘false bans’ investigation
Since March, we've been covering a hacking wave and the ensuing fallout in Black Desert, as cheaters swarmed the now-defunct Shadow Arena battle royale...
MMO Business Roundup: Funcom financials, NetEase, Improbable’s BioWare roots, and a real-world battle royale
Welcome back to another MMO business roundup! Business business business!
If you've been watching Funcom's financial reports since 2017 or so, you know that the...
Daybreak devs address the Z1 Battle Royale turmoil, vow ‘minimal disruption’
It's been a rocky week for Z1 Battle Royale, as developer NantG laid off a number of its staff before announcing that it was...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 215: Anthem exposed
Justin and Bree discuss Anthem and BioWare, Guild Wars 2, DCUO, RIFT, Albion, DDO, Dragon Quest X, and Black Desert, plus a mailbag topic on event fatigue in MMOs.
Black Desert has 18M registered players as Pearl Abyss counts $1B gross sales
If you're still reeling over the news that Black Desert is unceremoniously deleting its battle royale mode, Shadow Arena, from the game tomorrow, take...
Kakao is permanently killing off Black Desert’s battle royale mode, Shadow Arena, this week
Dang, this was not the outcome we were expecting here: Kakao has announced it is outright sunsetting Black Desert's Shadow Arena mode. On Wednesday,...
NantG says it’s handing Z1 Battle Royale back to Daybreak – it’s not sunsetting, but there were layoffs
Yesterday, we broke the news that Z1 Battle Royale looked to be in serious trouble based on developers stating publicly that they'd been laid...
Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts dishes on alpha 3.5 and 3.6, including customization, multi-crew, and persistence
There is no Around the Verse this week, as folks tuned into Star Citizen already know - the studio announced last week that it...
Rumor: Z1 Battle Royale, H1Z1’s PC version, seems to be in big trouble as devs confirm layoffs
Note: We'll be updating this piece at the end with the latest, and we've also put out a second piece here with NantG's statement.
It...
PUBG creator on moving away from battle royale to the next big thing
It's likely that 2018 will be remembered as the year of battle royale in the gaming industry. But it's 2019, and game developers need...
SpatialOS interview suggests tech can handle 20K MMO players in a ‘relatively low-fidelity but seamless world’
Even SpatialOS seems grim about the outlook for western MMOs. MMO players will recall that Improbable's SpatialOS is a "distributed computing platform for building...
The Black Desert Shadow Arena banwave and backtrack is an absolute clusterfudge
For the last week we've been covering the hacking wave in Black Desert, as cheaters swarmed the Shadow Arena battle royale mode with trial...
The MOP Up: Warframe descends to Deck 12 on consoles
Warframe's Deck 12 has unlocked for console players -- and there are deep, dark secrets to be uncovered by descending to it.
"Now is the...
Jumpgate spiritual successor Warp Nexus is ‘taking the suck out of the vacuum of space’
File this one under "did not see that coming": Developer Wyrmbyte just announced Warp Nexus, which it's dubbed a spiritual successor to Jumpgate. Aaaaand...
MMO Business Roundup: Philly’s Overwatch arena, the PUBG Netease settlement, and GDC’s record showing
Welcome back to the MMO Business Roundup!
Remember about a year ago when the battle royale industry started trying to sue everyone into oblivion? PUBG...
APB Reloaded recounts progress made on engine upgrades, server merges, and Riot mode
It's been a loaded three months for APB Reloaded, what with the game getting a new owner in March 2018 and seeking to revamp...
The MOP Up: Ring of Elysium gives out free adventure passes
Ever eye an adventurer or season pass in a shooter but feel too cheap to buy it? Reader Pasha tipped us off that the...
