PUBG : BATTLE ROYALE THE RISING GENRE.
By: Rhenz Chua
Player Unknown’s Battle Grounds is a popular battle royale game developed by the PUBG corporation. Player Unknown’s Battle Grounds was based off on a mod made for a game called Arma 2, which was developed by: Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene. Player Unknown’s Battle Grounds development was made possible with the game engine Unreal Engine 4.
compared with ARMA and H1Z1, which were built with proprietary game engines. Developer Brendan Green acknowledges that implementing the size of the maps in Battlegrounds was been one of the challenges with working with Unreal, which was not designed with such maps in mind.
The map was designed to offer players many possible options for strategic and unique gameplay.
The Battle Royale Genre blends survival, exploration and scavenging elements of a survival game with a last man standing gameplay. As the Battle Royale Genre is Rising in Popularity, Player Unknown’s Battle Grounds is currently the most Popular game of the genre. According to Steam stats, PUBG has set a new record by having 3 million simultaneous players playing at the same time. Battlegrounds made US$11 million in the first three days of its Windows early access release. By of April 2017, the game had sold over one million copies, The research film SuperData estimated that Battlegrounds drew in more than US$712 million in revenue within 2017. By February 2018, the game had sold thirty million on Steam. The following month, Gabe Newell stated that the game was the third highest total-earning game all time on Steam.
PUBG can be played solo, with a partner or duo, or as a four man squad. Each game starts off with a large number of players, In each match, the goal is to be the last player or team standing by eliminating all other opponents. A match starts by placing the player-characters into a large map space, which allow players to have some control of where they start. starting with minimal equipment, to search for weapons and armor and eliminate other players.
Every few minutes, the play area of the map shrinks down towards a random location,players outside of the safe area take damage incrementally, and would eventually be eliminated if they fail to enter the safe zone ; in game, the players see the boundary as a Glowing blue wall that contracts over time, players are warned a few minutes before these events, giving them time to relocate to safety.
with the winner being the last player in the game.
Overall Player Unknown’s Battle Grounds is a solid game and the battle royale genre is a rather new taste in the video game industry.
