![]() Once he started streaming Fortnite in March 2018, the game reached overnight success.Īt that point, Fortnite was dominating Twitch streams, as we showed when it was nearly quadrupling the next closest streamed game. This was in part due to Twitch streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, a former professional Halo player who previously streamed H1Z1 and PUBG. As it entered its third content season, it saw a massive surge in viewership. It was released on Septemand began to show promise two months after its release. Similar to Realm Royale, it offered a welcome change to the battle royale formula, allowing players to build forts for protection out of materials gathered from the in-game environment. After a few early access periods in the beginning of 2017, the game was released on December 20, 2017.įrom then on, the game has hosted several esports tournaments and popular streamers, such as Guy “DrDisrespect” Beahm, that helped it blossom on Twitch to this day.Īs PUBG was holding its early access periods, Epic Games, developer of a major videogame platform called Unreal Engine, was putting the finishing touches on Fortnite. PlayerUnknown then became the creative developer at South Korean developer Bluehole to make PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, also known as PUBG. Here is its viewership through the first half of July: Now known as H1Z1 in its full release, it has since floundered in the fight for battle royale supremacy. He would eventually update that mod for ARMA 3 before joining Sony Online Entertainment (now called Daybreak Studios), for their own standalone battle royale game H1Z1: King of the Kill, which released in early access in January 2015. Over a decade later, Brendan Greene, AKA PlayerUnknown, decided to modify a game called DayZ into a zombie survival game, thus creating the first big “battle royale” game. In 2000, the Japanese film Battle Royale, based on the novel of the same name by Koushun Takmi, told the story of middle-school students who must fight to the death on a remote island. Realm Royale’s reach remains solid for a game in early access, but how does it compare to its competitors? Does it have a chance in a battle royale game market that has videogame publishers scrambling for market share? Here's a look at the genre, the market players, and who has a chance to beat out Fortnite. However, it has since cooled off dramatically in viewership as it enters its second month on the market. ![]() Realm Royale, the new kid on the block, made waves in its first weeks as its mix of a class-based system with traditional battle royale elements made it attractive to Fortnite fans looking for a twist on the formula. In today’s gaming world, viewership on popular streaming website - where people watch other people play games (it's a massive market if you haven't heard of it) - is a strong indicator of its popularity. It drew obvious comparisons to gaming and cultural sensation Fortnite, which recently was ported over to the Nintendo Switch and dominated viewership on. On June 5, 2018, game developer Hi-Rez Studios released Realm Royale on videogame publishing network Steam as an "early access" alpha.
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