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The Red Cross Challenged Gamers To Not Commit War Crimes
19.4.2023
The International Committee of the Red Cross has partnered up with a bunch of Twitch streamers to encourage gamers to not commit war crimes in popular shooters like Call of Duty. The ICRC hopes that its event, “Play by the Rules,” will educate players on the statutes of actual war. The organization...
RIP: All The Battle Royales That Failed, Flopped, And Died
1.4.2023
It’s almost poetic that, in a genre built on many people fighting to stay alive until just a few remain, so many battle royale games have launched, flopped, and died over the last few years. Not every new battle royale can find the same success as Warzone or PUBG. In fact, most will be lucky...
10 Must-See Battle Royale Moments, From Fortnite To Warzone
1.4.2023
No two battle royale matches are alike. Clever, spontaneous tactics springing from the generative collision of varying skill levels, map layout, and randomized items, weapons, and vehicles can lead to theatrical levels of epicness and hilarity—often both at the same time. So it’s only fitting...
11 Battle Royale Players You'll Always Match With (Or Die To)
29.3.2023
Battle royales and the culture that surround them have collected a litany of archetypes, creating a sort of BR zodiac that can help you understand the machinations of the people you encounter in Warzone, Fortnite, Apex Legends, or PUBG. Maybe you feel like one or more of these stereotypes sorta...
PUBG's Creative Director On The Success Of Battle Royales
28.3.2023
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds went from a mod for zombie survival game DayZ (itself a mod for milsim ARMA2), to an instantly successful Steam Early Access standalone in 2017. The game was inspired by Japanese action film Battle Royale, in which a collapsing society sends students to kill...
The True Gods Of Fortnite Are The Expert Snipers
27.3.2023
I’m hiding in a small shack on a lonely hill surrounded by a deadly storm of energy that will destroy me in seconds if I touch it. There’s no escaping the situation. Around me, I can hear other players shooting and breaking walls. I know it’s now or never if I want to win this match of Fortnite....
Escape From Tarkov Devs Drag Thousands Of Banned Cheaters In Public
7.3.2023
Cheaters suck. By exploiting vulnerabilities in any given game, either through datamined hacks or purchasable cheats, charlatans can ruin the fun for everyone involved. Sometimes these swindlers need to be publicly shamed to grasp the gravity of the ban hammer that’s fallen upon them, and that’s...
Grubhub Is Ready To Enlist You In Its Underpaid PUBG Army
9.12.2022
The Game Awards are full of commercials. Some are glitzy reveals for exciting games while others are for stuff like Grubhub’s crossover with PUBG where you can order food IRL and then pretend to be the underpaid driver delivering it inside the popular battle royale. Read more
iOS 16 Update Has Broken A Bunch Of Rhythm Games
16.9.2022
Apple’s latest operating system update for its mobile devices, iOS 16, introduces a range of new features like fancier lock screens and message editing. In bringing in new things, though, it has inadvertently broken some others, and one of the victims this week has been a whole bunch of rhythm...
Rumbleverse Is A Rare, Fresh Twist On Battle Royale
3.9.2022
Rumbleverse is the latest entry in a seemingly endless list of free-to-play battle royale games. However, this latest spin on the aging format is more creative and interesting than I expected, as Rumbleverse ditches the usual SMGs, shotguns, and grenades for wrestling grapples, melee combos,...
I Can’t Stop ‘Choking’ When I Play Multiplayer Games
6.7.2017
I’m on the elimination spree of a lifetime. 28 kills, no deaths. I feel unstoppable. An enemy Reaper tries to sneakily teleport onto the payload. I, as Pharah, rocket into the sky and unleash the full fury of my ultimate on him, just because I can.Read more