battle royale
Apex Legends continues to grow, reaching 10 million players in 72 hours
Newly released battle royale title Apex Legends announced the other day that it had amassed 2.5 million players and hit 600,000 concurrent players within...
H1Z1’s PC team makes the game look more old-school than ever before
While it will never be mistaken for the ultra-colorful and cartoony Fortnite, H1Z1 -- sorry, Z1 Battle Royale -- is doing what it can...
Apex Legends passed 600,000 concurrent players in 24 hours
Amidst the bad news for Electronic Arts yesterday, there was a note of positivity when it comes to Apex Legends. You may remember the battle...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 207: Bunny girls throughout Eorzea
Justin and Bree discuss Final Fantasy XIV, Guild Wars 2, Legends of Aria, RuneScape, Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, and Warframe, with mailbag topics on MMO endgames and battle royale modes in MMOs.
Titanfall dev’s new Apex Legends battle royale title snagged 1M players on day one
We don't really cover Titanfall around here, but you might be interested all the same in Respawn's new battle royale set in the same...
H1Z1 adds ranked leaderboards for PlayStation 4 with its season 3 update
Are you tracking your progress as well as you could in H1Z1 on PlayStation 4? Sure, you think you're doing better now, but are you really doing...
Rewatch the massive Marshmello concert held in Fortnite yesterday
Remember our Daily Grind about in-game concerts on Friday? It wasn't based on a hypothetical; it was inspired by the plan to put on...
The MOP Up: FFXIV tickles the ivories
One of the best (of many) features in Final Fantasy XIV is its amazing soundtrack. And just when you think you've heard it all,...
MMO Business Roundup: Netmarble’s Nexon bid, Warframe’s owners, PC H1Z1, and the Fortnite kid who saved us from Facetime
Welcome back to another roundup of the business of business in the MMO and multiplayer world!
Among the multiple companies apparently considering serious bids for...
Black Desert adds devour system, privacy mode, and new battle royale classes with Lunar New Year update
Lunar New Year descends on Black Desert today, which means players will be dipping into no less than three events: Cakewalk, in which you'll...
PlanetSide Arena previews its Echoes of Amerish map ahead of tomorrow’s closed beta
Just ahead of its first closed beta event tomorrow, Daybreak has released a new video walking through the experience of playing one of PlanetSide...
Fortnite changes its PvE lockboxes to be more transparent
Do you keep forgetting that Fortnite has a PvE Save the World mode? Don't worry if that's the case -- the entire globe pretty...
Daybreak opens PlanetSide Arena closed beta signups, promises forums next week
Daybreak's announcement yesterday that it's delayed PlanetSide Arena's early access launch from January 29th to March 26th didn't seem to surprise any MMO players...
Red Dead Online fixes its battle royale matchmaking, hands out gold bars
We all know from history class that the wild west was won via a series of 32-player battle royale matches that happened across the...
Mobile MMORPG Rebirth M launches in North America after aborted Kickstarter
Live today for iOS and Android is another new free-to-play mobile MMO, this one Caret Games' RebirthM. The game's been playable in Brazil since last...
Daybreak is delaying PlanetSide Arena’s early access launch to March
Daybreak has announced that it's delaying PlanetSide Arena's planned early access launch from January 29th to March 26th.
"What we’ve discovered during playtesting is that...
Black Desert is heavily adjusting its battle royale mode based on player feedback in today’s patch
Black Desert's had a wild winter already, with an expansion, new class, and battle royale mode rolling out in just the last few months....
Improbable and Crytek team up for SpatialOS CryEngine integration and new AAA game
Improbable made headlines over the last couple of weeks thanks to its tussle with Unity over SpatialOS's integration and licensing. That tussle's since ended,...
Fortnite is apparently fertile ground for doing crimes, like money laundering
Hey, you know what is fun? Money laundering! Wait, did we say "fun"? We meant "highly illegal and full of dire consequences." It's probably...
Ashes of Creation: Apocalypse plans open beta 2 for the end of January
Didn't get your fill of Ashes of Creation's Apocalypse battle royale last round? Here comes another beta event to cap off the month, running...
