Hot on the heels of reports coming out of Activision that Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII will have a Battle Royale mode in lieu of its traditional single player campaign, word is that DICE is scurrying to get in on the gold rush, too. According to Games Beat, citing “someone with knowledge of the studio”, the Swedish developer already has a PlayerUnkown’s Battlegrounds-style last man standing prototype in the works.
The site states that this is purely an experimental project right now, and subsequently it’s unlikely to be ready in time for release – if, indeed, it even gets the go-ahead to enter full production at all. There’s a chance it could get patched in for free if given the greenlight – especially when you consider that the developer has done a tremendous job with post-release support for its first-person shooters in the past.
The one takeaway from all this, though, is that you should brace yourself for an E3 filled with every publisher fighting over that Fortnite money.
[source venturebeat.com]
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You're going to get sick of writing that headline.
@Splat Yeah, I think E3 is just going to be dozens of permutations of Battle Royale.
Every gaming generation has their thing.
In the 70s it was Pong machines. In the early 80s it was space games, late 80s/early 90s it was mascot platformers. Late 90s it was fighting games, 2000's it was MMOS and open world games. After that it was MOBAs and Minecraft games and.now it's Battle Royale games.
What's next? Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell, MGS V standalone, Sonic 3D and FF XV will have battle royale!
@PS_Nation Don't count it out.
I am sure we will all be well and truly sick of Battle Royale by the time all the big publishers have had their fill, then it will be time to move onto the next big fad.
Actually as a side game mode this could be fun for battlefield. The maps are big (I know BR games need ones that are way bigger), the matches can already contain 64 players, and the gunplay can be really fun at times. As long as it's not main game mode I am fine with it
@ShogunRok
Everytime my son asks me if he can play fortnite, that is exactly how I feel! I can't stand the game to the point where I'm praying that one day they will charge for it so I can justify saying NO!!!!
It's like the time a few years ago when we were getting a ridiculous amount of "crafting survival games".
No single-player at all in the next CoD? Wow. Not that I'd have bought it anyway, but still.
Roll on Far Cry 6, then - just about the only decent single-player FPS series remaining.
@PS_Nation @get2sammyb Sonic Brawlers to be announced at E3 2019
@Paranoimia ummm... Wolfenstein?
@Turismo4GT Nope, not for me... doesn't really appeal. I'm done with WW1/WW2/Nazi settings. Got sick of them with all the old CoD/MoH games. I know Wolfenstein has a bit of a twist, but it's still not for me.
I'm actually keen for the red dead BR
I haven’t played a Battle Royale game. I’m feeling kind it’s enough already.
Make it stop. Just please make it stop!
@Paranoimia People talked smack on Far Cry 5, but dang I really love that game.
Realy looking forward to seeing the presentations on e3 with every presentation will have a battle royale part and the presenter will have to try and make it sound original 😂😂 this is fifa 19 BR, be the last player standing on the field..
Have you guys ever heard of "milking"?
I think Sony should get in on the action. Give us Journey Battle Royale.
If this becomes a trend, I'm certain Splatoon 5 will also have a battle royale mode.
EA marketing team knee jerk reaction,
"gotta get a slice of that warm battle royale pie "
Wait a minute... That's the same quote I put re Blops 4 battle royale mode news!?!?
@Paranoimia Fair enough, to each his own.
"But the kids love us," as Peter Venkman once said.
I Will never understand why this is so popular.
it's not orginal,it's not exiting,it doesn't add anything new to the industry. But ofcourse any battle royale themed game Will now win GOTY.
This concept should have stayed with pc and xbox (player battlegrounds),we don't need that.
Well that's Cod and battlefield ruled out for me. I swear I'm the only person not interested in this battle royal stuff.
Glad I'm getting back into more sp games and got a good few in my backlog and coming up to get through this year.
@NinjaWaddleDee Yep, I'm loving it so far.
@B-I-G-DEVIL No, you're certainly not the only one. I'm glad Sony have made a commitment to single-player, story-driven games. Everyone else seems to be coming down with 'bandwagonitis'.
I can see the advertising for PS5 now, borrowing from the great Babylon 5: "It was our last, best hope for quality single-player games. The name of the place is PlayStation 5."
I'm already sick of hearing about battle royal... it's only so many games that can have that concept. This practice of games nowadays is sickening to me. Maybe in my old age (I'm 37) is part of the reason I went back to nes era - ps3 era mostly to game....
@Paranoimia So you don't like Wolfenstein...but how about Doom?
Oh well. I was bored of everything being open world so now everything being battle royale will be a nice change of pace. Plus it means I'll buy like no games ever so winner.
Why are people upset about this? Not played a BR game but sounds like a cool mode. Every game has death match, TDM, capture point etc and it's expected, what's wrong with a BR mode exactly?
@Giygas_95 Nope. Played the original, not interested in the new version.
@Paranoimia Eh, that's too bad...I feel it's one of the best FPS games of the past few years, but to each his own.
@jdv95 Let's watch the language please.
@B-I-G-DEVIL I 😤🤢🤮 Battle Royale Fortnite is so boring.
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