The Battlegrounds team is “concerned that Fortnite may be replicating the experience for which PUBG is known for,” with Kim warning that the Bluehole team is “contemplating further action.” At this point, it’s unclear exactly what that this “further action” might look like, but if Bluehole does decide to file a lawsuit, then it could put the future of Fortnite ‘s soon-to-be free to play game mode at r
The Game Awards ‘ 2017 nominees are exactly the games you’d expect. Horizon Zero Dawn has the most nominations, up for Game of the Year, Best Game Design, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, and lead voice actress Ashly Burch has been nominated for Best Performance. Other candidates for Game of the Year are The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild , Super Mario Odyssey , Persona 5 , and most controversially, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds , a game still in Early Acc
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is available now on PC through Steam Early Access, while an Xbox One version of the title is set to arrive on December 12th, 2017 through the Game Preview Program. For a closer look at the upcoming Miramar desert map, you can check out the new screenshots be
A trailer for the game – seen above – clocks in at over five minutes — and shows off quite a bit. There are indeed airships and dragons, along with jetpack-like boosters, gatling guns, mechs, and estate-building. At various points throughout the trailer, players can be seen taking control of airships, be it as pilots or turret gunners. The website suggests that PvP airship combat will be a staple of the game, explaining that “Using airships, flying mounts, or free falling, you can experience multi-dimensional battles through warfare in the open s
It seems that the comparisons have not gone unnoticed by the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds ‘ ( PUBG ) team either, as today, developer Bluehole sent out a press release criticizing Epic Games over its Fortnite update. Bluehole vice president Chang Han Kim says, “After listening to the growing feedback from our community and reviewing the gameplay for ourselves, we are concerned that Fortnite may be replicating the experience for which PUBG is known.” Kim also reveals that Bluehole has had “an ongoing relationship with Epic Games throughout PUBG ’s development as they are the creators of [Unreal Engine 4], the engine we licensed for the ga
68 different games received a nomination, with Guerrilla Games’ Horizon Zero Dawn leading the pack with ten nods. The Legend of Zelda: The Breath of the Wild follows with six nominations. Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice , Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, and Cuphead got five nods. Gorogoa, Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds , Super Mario Odyssey received four nominati
“We have also noticed that Epic Games references PUBG in the promotion of Fortnite to their community and in communications with the press. This was never discussed with us and we don’t feel that it’s rig
What most fans seem to agree on, though, is that they would like both games to coexist peacefully. They may include battle royale gameplay, but that doesn’t mean that there can only be one victor once this dispute is sett
Moreover, the Bluehole executive takes issue with Epic Games’ promotion of the Fortnite Battle Royale mode. In the announcement post for the Fortnite update, Epic specifically states that it “loves” battle royale games like PUBG . In the game mode’s announcement trailer, Epic’s creative director Ronald Mustard references both PUBG strategy and H1Z1 (which has a standalone battle royale mode called King of the Kill ) as areas of inspirat
A few weeks ago, Epic Games announced that their base building and wave-killing game Fortnite was receiving a Battle Royale mode. This mode is influenced by PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds ( PUBG ) , pitting 100 players against each other on a large map with the winner being the last player left alive. Just yesterday, however, Epic Games has revealed that this mode will be released as its own game, titled **Fortnite: Battle Royale ** , and it will be free-to-p
All the nominees were selected by members of the Academy’s peer panels, with one panel for each award category. Each panel is composed of “industry experts” (mostly game developers or representatives of publishers), and the winners will be determined via a confidential voting proc
Even with the millions of copies that PUBG has sold, the untapped console market is huge, with over 60 million PS4s sold, as well as over 33 million Xbox Ones. Of course, some console owners play on multiple platforms or just aren’t interested in the battle royale genre, but with 93 million potential players, odds are that Fortnite: Battle Royale will be successful. On top of the user base, it is free-to-play and players are not required to own the original Fortnite game released earlier this y
Bluehole seems to have an especially broad demographic in mind with Ascent: Infinite Realm . The trailer practically shouts that there’s something here for everyone: Dragons to hunt, flying aircrafts to pilot (and destroy), properties and communities to build, and more. It’ll be up to Bluehole, though, to ensure that it doesn’t spread itself too thin; that each element is sufficiently fleshed-out to warrant the repeated revisiting that maintains successful online games. Lightning struck once with PUBG — it remains to be seen whether it’ll strike ag