THE MONTH IN… BATTLE ROYALE

Where once the lands of Battle Royale were a new frontier filled with promise, the soil here has perhaps proved too fertile. Sure, we love getting dirty, but could it all be a bit too much? There’s only one winner. We say this, of course, because of the recent release of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds on PS4. For many, PUBG (pub-jee) was the gateway Battle Royale game back on PC (though true pioneer honours belong to H1Z1, which also came to PS4 this year). While it might have popularised the genre, PUBG’s fairly ugly design and relatively poor performance on console means it struggles to capture our interest all that much. Never mind, eh? We’ve already got Call Of Duty: Black Ops IIII’s Blackout mode, which also has a more military shooter design – enhanced with COD’s slicker production values. Meanwhile, vibrant

Fortnite is still huge, and rightly so, with plenty of updates to keep the game feeling fresh and alive for its devoted fanbase. Otherwise,

Battlefield V’s Firestorm mode is coming as a free update in March 2019. If anyone can make large scale conflict more exciting, it’s DICE. So where does PUBG fit onto PS4? Time will tell.