Tag Archives: Battle Royale

While Halo Infinite may not have been the grand revival that Microsoft were hoping for the franchise, series co-developer Certain Affinity looked to be prepping to offer their own take on the franchise with a battle royale game. Ultimately this project never came to be, with reports claiming back in 2024 that the BR title had been cancelled. It appears rumours of the game’s death were somewhat exaggerated however, with insiders now claiming that the team pivoted and reworked the Battle Royale title into an extraction shooter.

The BO4 Blackout inspired BR mode ‘Black Ops Royale’ is officially arriving on the 12th of March alongside Black Ops 7: Season 2 Reloaded.

Following some stumbles, 1047 Games have unveiled a major update coming to Splitgate: Arena Reloaded, with patch 2.2 overhauling the game’s battle royale mode.

The brutal reality of the live-service market has claimed another victim. Theorycraft Games, the studio founded by former ex-Riot Games developers, has announced that it will permanently close the servers for its debut title, Supervive, on February 25th, 2026. The decision comes less than half a year after the game …

Fortnite’s recent end-of-chapter event managed to draw in over 10 million total players – though it still failed to hit the highs of last year’s finale.

Following 4 years in service, the free-to-play Battle Royale ‘Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt’ is officially shutting down next year.

Electronic Arts and Battlefield Studios today launched both Battlefield REDSEC, a new free-to-play Battle Royale game, and Season 1 of Battlefield 6, marking a major expansion of the franchise just weeks after the base game’s record-breaking debut. REDSEC introduces a new take on the battle royale genre while Battlefield 6 …

We've known for quite some time that Battlefield 6 will be getting its own Battle Royale mode, but the timing of it has been the subject of debate. We can finally put the questions to rest, as recent datamining efforts point to a launch in just a few days time.  …

Battlefield 6 is due out in less than a month, but EA is still hard at work testing big parts of the game. In a recent playtest, the game's custom Portal mode and server browser were put to the test. Now this month, EA is looking to put the finishing …

Labs testers will be able to check out BF6’s Battle Royale mode starting this week, with EA confirming map details; total players; objectives and more.

While Titanfall 3 is nowhere to be seen, Respawn has announced that wall-running is coming to Apex Legends via a limited time mode.

While DICE had previously attempted bringing Battle Royale to Battlefield with Battlefield V's Firestorm mode, it didn't quite take off. This time around, EA is adopting an approach that closely resembles Call of Duty Warzone, by spinning off the Battle Royale mode into a free-to-play game.  Through datamining the early …

Despite trying multiple times, Ubisoft is once again attempting to create their own Battle Royale shooter – heavily inspired by Apex Legends.

Back in the day, EA would make a little extra money from Battlefield by offering Battlefield Premium, a membership that provided instant weapon unlocks, XP boosts and more. Now according to dataminers, this system will be making a return in the future. 

3 months after it was officially announced, Rebellion’s Battle Royale Project Archipelago has already been cancelled - with Concord's failure being the reason.

Following in the footsteps of Fortnite, it seems as though EA is considering adding a subscription service to Apex Legends.

With Disney and Epic deepening their Fortnite partnership, it's been revealed that some of the future skins coming won’t be available in the Battle Royale mode.

With a surge in interest in post-apocalyptic fiction after the success of the Fallout TV series, no one was surprised to see Epic Games partnering with Microsoft/Bethesda to do a crossover in the Fortnite universe. It seems that Fallout will be one of the major crossover events for Season 3, …

Yesterday we spoke on the shake ups happening over at EA, with the Battlefield franchise trying to recover after the relative failure of 2021’s Battlefield 2042. According to a new report, the series looks set to be going back to its roots somewhat with its next title – though will …

While Halo Infinite may not have been the grand revival that Microsoft were hoping for the franchise, series co-developer Certain Affinity looked to be prepping to offer their own take on the franchise with a battle royale game. Though never officially announced, the long-in-development title has now reportedly been cancelled. …

Back in 2021, Nintendo announced and released Pac-Man 99, a Nintendo Switch Online exclusive Battle Royale which would see players take on 98 other competitors in a manner similar to that of other NSO titles such as Tetris 99 and the recently released F-Zero 99. While Pac-Man 99 has since …

Fall Guys hit it big back in 2020 when the Takeshi’s Castle-styled battle royale game released for PlayStation and consoles. Since then, the game has gone from strength to strength, arriving on Xbox systems and amassing millions of more players through their free-to-play relaunch. Shortly following its success, ‘Stumble Guys’ …

NARAKA: Bladepoint has been a top-selling game on Steam for a while now and the battle royale title has also made waves on console thanks to an Xbox release, as well as the game's inclusion on Xbox Game Pass. Now, NARAKA: Bladepoint is going through a major change, with plans …

We've seen Razer launch themed peripherals for a number of high-profile games over the years, although these deals typically coincide with a big new release. With its latest collaboration, Razer is going back to an older hit with a new collection of PUBG peripherals.  Today, Razer has announced its new …

We recently learned that Ubisoft cancelled a number of unannounced projects, a few of which were different takes on the Battle Royale formula. According to a recent leak, one of these cancelled projects was a new Watch Dogs game.  A rumour spreading around the web this week claims that Ubisoft …

Let it Die was an interesting but ultimately failed experiment to create a free-to-play Souls-like all the way back in 2016 exclusively for PlayStation. In 2022 we saw the surprise release of its pseudo-sequel, with the battle royale game ‘Deathverse: Let it Die’. Unfortunately, it too has not been performing …

One year on from its launch, Halo Infinite is not in the best position currently. Thankfully, both 343i and Xbox are aware of this and are working diligently to try and right this ship. One way in which the team hopes to do so is through the release of a …

Back in April, Halo Infinite support studio, Certain Affinity, announced that it was ‘deepening' its partnership with 343 Industries. At the time, this was heavily rumoured to be a Battle Royale mode. We still don't have confirmation or denial on that, but Certain Affinity does currently have a huge team …

One of the most impressive aspects to Fortnite is the fact that Epic Games has, over the years, improved the fundamentals of the battle royale title. From new physics, to tactical sprinting to engine overhauls and more, Fortnite is in many ways a wholly different game from what it was …

When Google Stadia first launched, one of the game streaming subscription service’s biggest exclusives was the multiplayer-focused Battle Royale inspired ‘Super Bomberman R Online’. Almost exactly one year after its release on Steam, the game is now being permanently shut down. Making the announcement on its official website, Konami revealed …