By Emma Boyle
Between Fortnite and PUBG, battle royale games are thriving at the moment, so it’s not entirely surprising that developers of other online games are looking on the genre with interest as fans clamor to see battle royale modes crammed into all of their favorite titles.
One game that receives a particularly large number of requests for a battle royale mode is Overwatch and its director, Jeff Kaplan, has told Kotaku he would like to see it happen himself. Unfortunately, it’s not as straightforward as some may think.
When Epic Games revealed that the battle royale offshoot of Fortnite only took around two months to put together, players were given the idea that integrating such a mode of play into any other title should be a fairly straightforward process. According to Kaplan, however, there’s a lot to consider.
Stumbling blocks
For Kaplan, it’s important to add a battle royale mode that not only works with Overwatch as a game but also isn’t just a carbon copy of other members of the sub-genre. “There’s a lot of design and tech work to get us to that place and not just feel like a me-too game,“ he told Kotaku.
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Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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