But the ‘last man standing’ concept has been around in gaming for generations, as anyone who has ever played Bomberman will agree.There were a few mods in Minecraft and ARMA 2 that hinted at the Battle Royale genre in the early 2010s, but it wasn’t until PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) was launched in 2017 that it became its own legitimate genre. Its roots, however, stretch back much further.The name is derived from the iconic Japanese thriller of the same name, which saw a group of petulant teenagers abandoned on an island and told that the only one allowed to leave was the last one left alive.It’s a pretty sinister concept that was popularised even further in film by the Hunger Games series, but in gaming it was always seen as more of a standalone ‘mode’ than a gaming concept in its own right. In recent years, the Battle Royale genre has taken off spectacularly thanks to the success of Fortnite – a game that has come to define a generation of young gamers.
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