battle royale
Fortnite is now more popular on Twitch than PUBG
Who saw this one coming? Fortnite has officially pushed past PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds in terms of games that get the most playtime on Twitch. That's...
The MOP Up: Closers chooses its next character (March 4, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Fortnite patches in a new point of interest and more quests
The latest patch for Fortnite is out, and it has some new weaponry for you in both its Battle Royale and Save The World...
Citadel Forged With Fire is getting a PvP sports mode called Broomstick League
All right, now we can see why Blue Isle delayed announcing Citadel Forged With Fire's "next big thing" until this week: It actually is...
SuperData says ‘pay-to-play’ MMOs declined again in January 2018
SuperData published its January recap of the worldwide digital games market this week, and the analytics firm doesn't have much good to say for...
H1Z1 has launched after three years of early access with a ‘massive’ patch
If you bought the rumors and teases last week that H1Z1, the artist formerly known as King of the Kill, was about to launch,...
The Daily Grind: Given H1Z1’s plight, are you worried about Daybreak?
Last week, it became clear that H1Z1 has forfeited a ton of ground in the battle over battle royale games as it's lost 90%...
Fortnite jumps into Season 3 with hoverboards, 60FPS, and new music
Welcome to the beginning of Fortnite's third season, which kicked off with this week's Patch 3.0. There's a lot going on with this update,...
Paladins begins testing its battle royale mode and removes controversial lootboxes
While it's not as cool of a name as "Thunderdome," Paladins' Battlegrounds is still likely to attract plenty of bloodthirsty savages looking for a...
Funcom is working on a mystery game, to be announced February 28th
Funcom is announcing something big next week. And it's not the Secret World Legends update you're still waiting on, nor is it another Conan...
Conan Exiles on the new teleportation system and de-MMORPG-ifying combat
May 8th seems pretty far away to me, but I bet Funcom is feeling Conan Exiles' impending launch is rushing up to meet it. In...
Fortnite speeds up construction
Building is a big part of Fortnite, and Epic Games has revealed some construction improvements geared to speed things up in both Battle Royale...
Conan Exiles isn’t going the lockbox and battle royale route – for now
Are you a little sick and tired of lockboxes everywhere and all of these games desperately trying to jump onto the battle royale bandwagon?...
Here’s how you’ll be paying for Fortnite’s season 3 loot ladder
You'd think that figuring out how to squeeze loot from a battle royale clone wouldn't be all that complicated, but in Fortnite, you'd be...
PUBG delays roadmap to March, retools ping-lock plans
The ping-locking system that PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds began testing last month is finally back on track, PUBG Corp says today on Steam. The team says...
Daybreak’s zombie battle royale game H1Z1 has lost 90% of its playerbase since July
Polygon has a report out this afternoon sourcing data aggregator GitHyp, both of which are casting doubt on H1Z1's future viability as a game...
Fortnite’s Valentine event isn’t launching today [Updated]
Hope you PvE folks didn't have your Valentine hearts set on that Fortnite update that was supposed to roll out today because... it didn't. As...
Fortnite outlines a new roadmap for Battle Royale and removes submachine guns
The designers behind Fortnite's Battle Royale mode have plans. What are those plans? You'll need to go on a dangerous mission to retrieve them...
The MOP Up: Black Desert’s Ninja arrives in Southeast Asia (February 11, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Fortnite: Valentine’s day, 3.4 million concurrency, and fixing the ‘extreme load’ problem
This right here would be why Epic Games isn't all that wrecked over having to put down Paragon: Fortnite hit a new peak concurrency...
