Game Genre: Battle Royale, in recent years

 

Game Genre: Battle Royale, in recent years


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In this blog I will be discussing the most prominent game genre which has dominated the gaming industry these past few years, 2022 – 2017 to be exact. To be exact, I am referring to the battle royale genre, with games such as Fortnite and Pubg, and the evolution of the battle royale genre.

These games blasted their way onto the gaming scene in 2017, immediately gaining popularity as free to play, online, multiplayer games. They were the games that brought this battle royale genre to the forefront of gaming and has kept it there ever since, (https://gamesight.io/leaderboards/battle-royale-games). In these games, the idea is very simple, a group of players go to an island with no equipment, run around collecting equipment and then trying to kill other players to be the last player standing. That is the core feature of their battle royale game.

As a gaming genre, it has evolved and changed over the years, branching off and merging with other genres. Popular games with battle royale features in them include Fall Guys, a cartoonish game where players have to complete obstacle courses and other game modes to avoid being eliminated, and Maelstrom, a PC-only ship based game where players compete against one-another for control of the high seas, (https://lifehacker.com/5-less-violent-battle-royale-games-for-kids-1846893764/slides/6).


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These games are examples of how the Battle Royale gaming genre has evolved from 2017 to 2022. The gaming world is ever-changing, but Battle Royale’s will remain constant for the foreseeable future.



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