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Housemarque admits that success is "unlikely" for battle royale title Stormdivers News Apr 17th, 2019

Housemarque admits that success is "unlikely" for battle royale title Stormdivers

It seems that CEO Ilari Kuittinen doesn't have high hopes for the upcoming release

Report: 13 jobs lost at NantG Mobile as Z1 Battle Royale development duties return to Daybreak News Apr 9th, 2019

Report: 13 jobs lost at NantG Mobile as Z1 Battle Royale development duties return to Daybreak

Unclear if NantG-developed mobile editions are still in the works

Brendan “Playerunknown” Greene is done with battle royale News Apr 2nd, 2019

Brendan “Playerunknown” Greene is done with battle royale

Greene will stay with PUBG Corp, but begin work at a new Special Projects division in Amsterdam

Denuvo wants to stop cheaters as well as pirates News Mar 20th, 2019

Denuvo wants to stop cheaters as well as pirates

Irdeto breaks into anti-cheat solutions to combat the rise of esports and battle royale foul play

Fortnite pulls ahead of Apex Legends in Twitch watch time rankings News Mar 7th, 2019

Fortnite pulls ahead of Apex Legends in Twitch watch time rankings

But EA and Respawn's battle royale game is still wildly popular

50m people have played Apex Legends in the last 28 days News Mar 4th, 2019

50m people have played Apex Legends in the last 28 days

Userbase has doubled in the last, er, fortnight

Almost 11m people played Fortnite to watch DJ Marshmello concert News Feb 22nd, 2019

Almost 11m people played Fortnite to watch DJ Marshmello concert

Tilted Towers was rocking

Gamers watched 79m hours of Apex Legends on Twitch in its first two weeks News Feb 20th, 2019

Gamers watched 79m hours of Apex Legends on Twitch in its first two weeks

2.1 times Fortnite, but Epic's battle royale title is gaining again

Respawn has given over 16,000 Apex Legends cheaters the boot News Feb 19th, 2019

Respawn has given over 16,000 Apex Legends cheaters the boot

"Cheaters suck. If you run into one, please try and capture the evidence and let us know”

Report: Tencent wants to bring Apex Legends to China News Feb 15th, 2019

Report: Tencent wants to bring Apex Legends to China

The smell of battle royale success is in the air and the tech and entertainment wants to be a part of it

Update: Apex Legends watched for over three-times as many hours as Fortnite on Twitch in last 72 hours News Feb 15th, 2019

Update: Apex Legends watched for over three-times as many hours as Fortnite on Twitch in last 72 hours

Respawn's new title watched for 19,806,033 hours in the last three days alone

Titanfall 2 PC playerbase increases almost sixfold following Apex Legends launch News Feb 12th, 2019

Titanfall 2 PC playerbase increases almost sixfold following Apex Legends launch

Respawn’s robot shooter hit highs not seen since 2017

Titanfall Fortnite rival Apex Legends played by 25m people in first week News Feb 12th, 2019

Titanfall Fortnite rival Apex Legends played by 25m people in first week

Hits two million concurrent users, too

EA stock hits 2019 high following dip and Apex Legends is likely the reason News Feb 11th, 2019

EA stock hits 2019 high following dip and Apex Legends is likely the reason

But has the free-to-play battle royale game's success damaged Anthem's chances?

Titanfall battle royale game Apex Legends attracted 10m people in first three days News Feb 8th, 2019

Titanfall battle royale game Apex Legends attracted 10m people in first three days

Developer Respawn boasts of one million concurrent player peak

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