Once dismissed as a trend that had passed, battle royale games have done a pretty good job at sticking around. In 2026, plenty of games let you drop into a map with the walls/gas/storm closing in, ...

Ethan Krieger (He/Him) is an editor at DualShockers that got started in the writing industry by covering professional basketball for a sports network. Despite being a diehard sports fan (mainly ...

If we’re being honest here, battle royale games went from a “niche thing” to “something EVERYONE is trying to make” because they think it’ll make them a lot of money. Thus, there’s a lot of “overflow” ...

A freelance writer with over 10 years of experience. His favourite games are Kingdom Hearts, Beyond Good & Evil, and Celeste. Fortnite is a phenomenon in the battle royale genre with plenty of ...

I know, I know, there's another battle royale launching this year, but "battle royale" is the least interesting aspect of ...

A teaser trailer showed soldiers scattering through a tropical location as the camera panned backwards to a massive firestorm spreading down a mountain toward them. The official launch trailer, though ...