Top 5 Battle Royale Games Releasing This Year

The biggest genre right now has to be Battle Royale, with the top games proving to be some of the most watched and most played games available in any genre. Smash hits like Fortnite Battle Royale and PUBG have dominated the scene for a while now, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t competitors making moves to take the throne. Here are the Top 5 Battle Royale Games Releasing This Year.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – Blackout

Developer Treyarch and Publisher Activision have made a bold statement for this year’s edition of the annual Call of Duty release. Opting to not include a more traditional single-player campaign, Black Ops 4 will instead feature Blackout, their take on the Battle Royale genre. We’ll be seeing familiar faces nonetheless, but they’ll likely be relegated to cosmetic outfit choices. We don’t have a ton of details about the game, though some sneaky math does give us a pretty good idea of what to expect, so we’re hoping for a ton of action to go with it. Check out what we know and what we want from the game, here.

Battlefield 5 Battle Royale

The other major FPS franchise diving into the Battle Royale genre comes from EA and Dice, with their latest offering putting the action back into World War 2. We don’t have a ton of details about the game itself at this stage, though we have seen other game modes that include jumping out of planes to fight on the ground, so the idea isn’t that dissimilar. We don’t have a firm timeframe for the release of the game mode, though Battlefield 5 is set to drop later this year. Check out what we know and what we want from this game, here.

Mavericks: Proving Grounds

Coming out of nowhere is Mavericks: Proving Grounds, set to possibly the biggest Battle Royale game out there in terms of the number of players in a single game. The base mode is set to feature 400 players at a time, 4 times the size of games such as Fortnite and PUBG. If that wasn’t enough, the developers have revealed that they are planning a 1,000-player mode, which if true would easily make it the most chaotic and exciting game out there.

Islands of Nyne

This game has been in the works for quite some time, though we’re only just now getting a good look at how it works. A more sci-fi orientated game than the others, Islands of Nyne is set to feature cool mechanics such as teleporters and anti-gravity, giving it a unique feel in a genre otherwise dominated by military simulation tactics.

Realm Royale

Already out right now, Realm Royale is a cross between a Battle Royale game and a MOBA, with character classes that provide different ways to play the game to keep it fresh. Blending in the familiar gameplay of Paladins with the action and pacing of a game like Fortnite, Realm Royale is already proving to be a popular game. Plus, the fantasy style setting also helps it stand out from the rest of the pack.

These are the games that are looking to dethrone the current champions and make a splash in the Battle Royale genre for 2018. Let us know in the comments below if you thought we missed out on any other promising titles, and we’ll see you on the fields of battle.