Battle Royale

It’s an iconic collab that spans galaxies! Yes, if you loved flying the Millennium Falcon or conquering the towering structures of Tilted Towers, the Fortnite x Star Wars crossover is something you’ll love.  This epic crossover event has kicked off alongside Fortnite’s v29.40 update. This year’sFortnite Star Wars Day 2024 celebration injects freshness into all game modes, from LEGO® Fortnite to Battle Royale, Fortnite Festival and Rocket Racing.

Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson has said that future Battlefield experiences are being developed by the biggest team in the franchise’s history.

The wonderful world of Star Wars has once again descended on the battle royale island of Fortnite, bringing with it dozens of quests to complete and plenty of exciting goodies to unlock.

Fortnite's «Dead Game» skin has been replaced with a «Good Game» skin when used in LEGO Fortnite. Although Epic Games did not specify a reason for the change, it is likely due to efforts that aim to protect LEGO Fortnite's younger players.

The next Call of Duty game could be revealed this month through an in-game event in Warzone.

American convenience store chain 7-Eleven is partnering with Tetris on a line of merchandise, including a handheld.

Epic has announced a new Fortnite and Star Wars crossover event.

Garena Free Fire Redeem Codes for April 28: Are you a Battle Royale fan? If you constantly play games such as BGMI and Free Fire, then you must that these games are highly based on gaining skills. Battle Royale games require constant practice to develop smart gaming and learn the tips and tricks of the game mechanics. If you have started playing Free Fire or you simply want to improve your gameplay, then check out the below tips to become a smart player. 

As genre mash-ups go, I didn't see this coming. But maybe I should have, knowing how once things like battle royales pop off, they will always spawn curious mutations. Inferni: Hope And Fear is one of these curiosities, being an online co-op, deckbuilding, battle royale, with a 90s theme.

Activision has detailed Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 3 Reloaded.

The latest Fortnite Festival update has finally added support for Rock Band 4 guitar controllers.

Billie Eilish is coming to Fortnite this month.

Epic Games has announced a new Fortnite setting that will let players toggle visibility on four emotes that “can sometimes feel a bit overly confrontational”.

Respawn is offering free Apex Packs to all Apex Legends players to compensate for recent issues with the game.

Activision claims to have banned over 27,000 Call of Duty accounts over the weekend.

Respawn has apologised to Apex Legends players who have experienced account resets and lost progress after the studio “messed up” a recent game update.

Activision has published the patch notes for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 3.

Activision has detailed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 3.

Rebirth Island will make its long-awaited return to Call of Duty Warzone next week.

Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile is being released worldwide today.

Epic Games held its annual State of Unreal keynote at GDC on Wednesday.

Respawn Entertainment has confirmed that Apex Legends players taking part in a tournament were hacked mid-game.

Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment has suffered a round of layoffs as part of wider cuts at parent company Electronic Arts.

Activision has said it’s committed to supporting Call of Duty Mobile with new content on a seasonal basis as Warzone Mobile’s release nears.

The 2024 update roadmap for PUBG: Battlegrounds has been revealed.

Epic Games has delayed today’s Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2 launch.

Look for Apex Legends to begin to expand past just the traditional battle royale format in the coming year as part of an overall plan to grow the community and evolve the IP. 

Fortnite‘s newest season, Myths & Mortals, has been detailed by Epic Games ahead of today’s launch.

Apex Legends players can expect to start seeing the game “expand beyond the traditional battle royale universe” over the coming year as Electronic Arts looks to attract more players to the franchise.

Epic Games has said plans to bring the Epic Games Store and Fortnite to iOS devices in Europe have been suspended after Apple terminated its developer account.

Respawn Entertainment is reportedly working on a new game set in the Titanfall universe.

Activision has detailed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 2 Reloaded.

Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile will be released worldwide on March 21, 2024, Activision has announced.

Children are facing social exclusion or bullying over the purchase of in-game items and cosmetics in online games, a new study suggests.

Party battle royale game Stumble Guys will come to Switch alongside its upcoming PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 versions, developer Scopely announced.

Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto has left the EA studio he founded to work on the next generation of Battlefield games.

Activision has said it’s working to fix a Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone issue “that is preventing progress from being tracked in various areas of the game including but not limited to events, challenges, Battle Pass, and SR”.

Activision has launched a new Call of Duty ban wave following reports of rampant cheating in Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone.

Three of Fortnite's newest modes,LEGO Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival, have received major updates that add new features and ways to play. Thanks to new modes and updates like these, Fortnite remains healthier than ever.

Lady Gaga is teasing an upcoming Fortnite collaboration.

Two F-Zero games exclusively released on Nintendo's Satellaview SNES service have been restored by fans and are available to play for free.

Epic Games has announced that it will be bringing Fortnite back to iOS devices later this year thanks in part to a change in EU law.

Nintendo Switch Online game F-Zero 99 has a fresh update today that adds the ability to create private lobbies.

Raven Software has apologised for the botched launch of Warzone’s Season 1 Reloaded update this week.

Activision has released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 1 Reloaded.

Free-to-play battle royale game Stumble Guys will launch for Xbox Series and Xbox One via Microsoft Store on January 23, developer Scopely announced.

Lego Fortnite has confirmed that the highly-requested steering wheel piece is coming to the game in the future, which should allow players to move the vehicles and structures they create.

Let's get this out of the way first: KnifePlayground: Horror Battle Royale is an absolutely terrible name for game. You might as well call Halo "GunMap: Alien Crowd Control", or Baldur's Gate 3 "TownDungeon: Party Enhancement Simulator". But the project beneath the moniker has something to it. Announced just today and created by small Brazilian team MadMozer, it's a first-person, multiplayer-focussed, Unreal Engine deathgame that traps you in a randomly generated mansion with a bunch of archetypal horror movie munsters - demon clowns, cursed puppets, toothy ghouls and hooded axe-murderers.

NCSOFT has released the G-Star 2023 trailer and screenshots for BATTLE CRUSH, its upcoming multiplayer battle action game for Switch, PC (Steam), iOS, and Android.

Hadi Ismail is the next hero to come to Naraka: Bladepoint.

Flashbulb Games has announced Rubber Royale, a battle royale entry in the Rubber franchise following the party game Rubber Bandits, which just surpassed one million units sold on PC. It will launch for PC via Steam in 2024. A demo is available now.

Nintendo is well known for its vast IP vault that has mostly been untouched for decades. F-Zero is one of those IPs, and it has not seen a release since the GameCube. Sure, the Wii U had an F-Zero minigame, and Mario Kart 8 has an F-Zero DLC, but it’s not the same. They were hope-filled crumbs that have led to nothing but pain and misery.

Looking like the child born of a lucrative union between Fall Guys and Fortnite, the imaginatively named Stumble Guys has been announced for PS5 and PS4. Stumble Guys is a free-to-play Battle Royale that smashes together an impressive number of genres in a fairly consistent fashion, and it does look like a good bit of fun.

Side Bullet is an intriguing online 2D shooter where players don't have to take depth into account but do need to keep an eye out for monsters, other players, and violent death, which can take many forms.

A gameplay trailer for Off the Grid has revealed a ton of gameplay for the upcoming cyberpunk-inspired battle royale directed by Neill Blomkamp.

Stumble Guys, a colorful free-to-play battle royale game in which players will navigate obstacle courses in a race-like style to avoid elimination, will be coming to PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. A specific release date is yet to be announced, but players can pre-register via the registration page on the official Stumble Guys website. 

Free-to-play battle royale game Stumble Guys will come to PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 alongside its previosuly confirmed Xbox Series and Xbox One versions, developer Scopely announced.

Pune-based developer SuperGaming has confirmed that its upcoming battle-royale title Indus is getting a closed beta, this festive/ Diwali season. In celebration, the studio has dropped a trailer featuring key operators in the game, and some clues regarding consumable items. Keys for the closed beta will be available in limited supply, and the only way to ensure a chance of access is by pre-registering for Indus on the Google Play Store. Yes, an Apple iOS release is imminent, but it appears the first beta period — akin to internal playtests — is dedicated to the more populous Android player base only, for now.

Battle Stars: Battle Royale, the made-in-India mobile multiplayer shooter, has crossed five million players since its launch in June, becoming developer SuperGaming's fastest-growing game. To celebrate the milestone, and with Independence Day fast approaching, it's getting a new map inspired by the city of New Delhi, available as a free update. Just like the Mumbai-based map — which was well received in the first two seasons — this new arena will feature familiar locations such as the India Gate, Red Fort, and Connaught Place. The map is now live across Android and iOS, and on August 15, you'll be able to spot the Indian national flag hoisted atop key structures.

With the summer updates in full swing, and the August update arriving in just a few days, the Lost Ark team and has now released its roadmap update for the rest of the year.

Diablo Immortal is one of Blizzard’s more unique entries to its long-standing RPG game series, as it tells the previously untold story of the events that took place between Diablo 2 and 3. The free-to-play action MMO has a fair amount of content and appeals to players who enjoy PvP as well as those of us who prefer more story-related content. Diablo Immortal has just updated, implementing a brand-new PvP game mode called Wild Brawl that resembles everyone’s favorite battle royale games.

By Richard Lawler, a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget.

While the popularity of new battle royale titles has dulled, high-profile titles like Gunzilla Games’ Off The Grid are still in the works. The Battle Royale 2.0 shooter has received new screenshots via the PlayStation Store, seemingly showcasing some actual gameplay. Check them out below, courtesy of Gematsu on Twitter.

Team Fortress 2 is one of the elder statespeople of PC FPS games. Since 2007, it has been the benchmark for fun, quick, varied, and highly memeable online multiplayer, complementing Half-Life and CSGO as one of Valve’s best shooters. But now that’s all been turned upside down. The latest Valve update for Team Fortress 2 suddenly means that, rather than the standard 32, TF2 games will now support up to 100 players. The developer itself says that this is “unsupported and not recommended.” But if you want to experience Team Fortress 2 as a chaotic, crowded, and often comical battle royale game, now’s your chance.

After being teased yesterday, the full extent of the Futurama and Fortnite crossover has been revealed by Epic Games.