Tag: Battle Royale

There’s a Pac-Man battle royale coming to Steam

Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle originally released back in 2020 as a Stadia exclusive, and seemed to have died with Google’s gaming platform. But you can’t keep a good Pac-Man down. He’s been chewing his way out of Stadia’s corpse ever since. Renamed Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs, the battle royale-inspired multiplayer version of the […]

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PUBG has dramatically transformed over the years, swapping grittiness for cartoon outfits, but it’s still as ruthless and chaotic as ever

Cast your mind back to 2017, when battle royales weren’t even a glint in most games developers’ eyes and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds—now officially known as PUBG: Battlegrounds—smashed its way into early access. It rapidly rose through the ranks, and soon became one of Steam’s most-played games. While there had been mods inspired by the Battle Royale […]

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Epic removes the item rarity system from Fortnite but some fans ain’t happy, and think it’s ‘trying to gouge players’

Fortnite‘s latest v29.20 patch has added Aang and the gang from Avatar: The Last Airbender, as well as five new tracks for Fortnite Rocket Racing: Neon Rush, but many players seem to be hung up on one update concerning how the locker works.  Epic Games is removing tiers and rarities from its locker, meaning that […]

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‘We messed up!’: An Apex Legends update broke the game and cost players hundreds of account levels and battle pass progression, but a fix is out

Apex Legends is going through a bit of a rough patch right now, as players have reported account resets after the latest update. While the issue has now been fixed, there are still a couple of problems hanging around. Respawn has just told people to “hang tight” and wait for more information.  It all started […]

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