The upcoming 'Battlefield V' game could have a 'battle royale' mode similar to 'Fortnite' and 'PUBG'
- The upcoming "Battlefield V" game could have a "battle royale" style game mode that's similar to the massively popular "Fortnite" and "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" - or "PUBG."
- It's still rumor at this point, but it's not entirely surprising considering the popularity of "Fortnite" and "PUBG."
The upcoming "Battlefield V" game being developed by EA Dice could have a "battle royale" style game mode that's similar to the massively popular "Fortnite" and "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" games, according to VentureBeat, which spoke with sources close to the matter.
In both "Fortnite" and "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" - more commonly known as "PUBG" - 100 online players are dropped onto island maps to fight to the death with weapons they find scattered throughout the map. The objective is to become the last player standing.
If the reports are accurate, it'll be interesting to see how EA Dice implement a battle-royale mode in its "Battlefield" series, where two sides - or teams - of online players battle each other to complete objectives.
"Battle royale" game modes have completely taken over game culture, "with everyone from celebrities to major game streamers to your kids playing either "Fortnite" or "PUBG,"" as my colleague Ben Gilbert puts it.
"PUBG" went on to dominate the leaderboard for concurrent players on the Steam gaming platform as a "pre-release" game, before it was even finished. "Fortnite," which is available to play for free on PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iOS, and soon Android, has amassed a gigantic player base of 45 million players and three million concurrent users.
With those games' popularity in mind, it's not surprising that game developers are looking to include something similar in their own games.
EA Dice is expected to release "Battlefield V" some time this year, and it's still unclear which conflict "Battlefield V" will be based on. "Battlefield 1" takes place during the First World War.
The upcoming "Call of Duty: Black Ops 4" game was also reported to get a battle royale game mode earlier this week.