After severe backlash over The Culling 2 and its following closure, developer Xavient would attempt to reboot The Culling as The Culling: Origins , billing it as a free to play title in 2018. By then, the market had been taken over by immensely popular titles such as Fortnite and PUBG , and it would announce its impending cancellation in March of 2

Rockstar Games' commitment to its players to deliver numerous massive updates is why Grand Theft Auto V has grossed over $6 billion , more than any movie in history. It's a behemoth of a game, and its battle royale mode has added to its popular

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has seen a staggering success so far. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds pits nearly 100 players against one another in a massive free-for-all . PC Gamers on Steam showed this was the type of game they'd been hoping for by quickly helping PUBG overtake GTA 5 and Fallout 4 near the top of Steam's ranking for highest concurrent users, with 481,291 players at one time. It has over 6 million copies sold, and all of this popularity is in spite of the game still being in Early Acc

Late to the game but certainly well worth the wait is Electronic Arts' Apex Legends . Apex Legends released in early 2019, a few years after PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. It utilizes character classes called 'Legends.' Each Legend is either offensive, defensive, support, or recon and plays a vital role in the success of a t

2017 was a transcendent year for multiplayer video games. While the form has always had a place in the hearts of millions of different users, the past year felt like a coming out party for multiplayer on a global stage. While LAN parties have been gone for the better part of a decade now, the image of a group of gamers huddled around networked computer screens has nonetheless remained prevalent in association with the concept of multiplayer tit

Its battle royale mode, Firestorm, takes a unique spin on the genre by surrounding players with a ring of flames. Players can ride vehicles, decimate buildings into a pile of wreckage, and prove themselves in competitive 64-player matches. Battlefield V: Firestorm is not free-to-play, yet it provides high value for its play

This is especially important for players that aren't running the game on the latest and greatest hardware. The game has high-quality imagery, but with poor performance on even $1,000 gaming rigs, it's hard to enjoy the scenery with stuttering and sudden spikes in frame ra

Cotto: I think being in esports is the same as being in the NBA because the time we put into the game and practice is just like they do for the NBA. The next big thing for esports is being on TV like a regular sp

No list of the year's best multiplayer games would be complete without PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds . It's difficult to express just how successful the game, which started as an early access title on Steam and became a worldwide phenomenon overnight, has truly been, but we will try. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds set a new record for most concurrent Steam users earlier this year, surpassing industry staples like Dota 2 , while also forming the foundation of a new eSport and online streaming sensation, with the title frequently occupying one of the top spots of metrics tracking Twitch's viewership figu

It shouldn't surprise anyone that Battlefield pulls off the battle royale shtick incredibly well. With its celebrated core multiplayer revolving around squad-based combat on huge, richly detailed maps, there really wasn't much embellishment necessary to fit into the for

So why did For Honor never seem to gain much traction in 2017? It's tough to say—a lot of games got lost in the shuffle of what has to be one of the gaming industry's most illustrious years yet. Ubisoft has remained committed to providing new content for players, project windless however, and anyone who missed For Honor the first time around would be remiss not to give it a look during the holiday sea

Counter-Strike is synonymous with highly competitive, close quarters gunfights between two small opposing teams, a fact that is well showcased by this attempt to break it out of the mold. Beyond how incredibly awkward the whole thing feels, it's also limited to a scant eighteen players per ma

Call of Duty: Mobile is a free-to-play mobile game with a battle royale mode. Naturally, as a game that entered the mobile market, it faced fierce competition in an already saturated market. To the surprise of many, Call of Duty: Mobile managed to distinguish itself from other mobile games with intuitive gamep

While it's taken some shots for its sluggish content delivery, Apex Legends has consistently shown the sort of innovation that could keep it on the map for a long time. Developed by industry veterans Respawn Entertainment and hooked thematically into their storied Titanfall series, Apex is certainly made from the right st

Whether it's loved or hated, it can't be said that this record-setting battle royale title doesn't wield an absolutely titanic amount of influence on the industry. With more than a quarter billion players registered as of March 2019, to say Fortnite is still going strong would be a massive understatem