The rivalry between the leaders of the “battle royale” genre has moved to mobile. The mobile version of PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS from Tencent topped the iOS download charts in Russia and 47 other countries, according to the Sensor Tower analytical company.

The head of the publishing division of Epic Games, Ed Zobrist, spoke about the work on the Fortnite Battle Royale freeplay mode, thanks to which the Epic project has become one of the most popular games in the world in six months. According to Zobrist, the “battle royale” for Fortnite was ready in just two months.

The pirate MMO action movie Sea of Thieves from Rare and Microsoft Studios quickly became popular. In 2 days after the release, the game’s audience exceeded 1 million people.

The mobile version of the online action movie Fortnite Battle Royale has become the leader of the rating of free games in the App Store in 89 countries. Such data is provided by the analytical service App Annie. The title was released on iOS on March 15 and reached the top of the charts in about two days.

Paid loot boxes will disappear from the online shooter Star Wars: Battlefront II. The remaining boxes with random loot will be issued for game achievements and contain only cosmetic items and game credits, according to the publisher of the game Electronic Arts.

The Fortnite MMO project of Epic Games has taken another peak in the pursuit of world fame and popularity. The online action movie has outstripped the legendary Minecraft sandbox in terms of the number of Google searches.

The free-play MMO action game Warframe by the Canadian studio Digital Extreme turns 5 years old in a week. During the existence of the game, more than 38 million players have registered in it, the developers said.

The cooperative shooter Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has successfully started. Over half a million game copies were sold in the first 4 days after the release. The first part of the game reached this figure in 6 months of sales.

The number of viewers watching Fortnite multiplayer action streams at the same time has been higher for several days in a row than MOBA League of Legend. Epic Games hit became the second game in the history of Twitch that managed to surpass Riot Games in the number of viewers on the platform.

Capcom publishing house called the sales of the Monster Hunter: World role-playing action the best in its history. Since the game’s release on January 26, Capcom has shipped 7.5 million copies of the game to stores and provided digital downloads on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

The number of players in Ubisoft’s MMO action game The Division continues to grow two years after its release. At the beginning of March, the project’s gaming audience crossed the threshold of 20 million players on all platforms. The game is available on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

The American company Zynga has published a puzzle Rangoli Rekha: Color Match in India. The official launch was preceded by a softlonch, which lasted from August last year. Rangoli Rekha is aimed at Indian users: it was developed by a local studio, and the design of the game uses elements of the country’s cultural heritage.

The H1Z1 multiplayer shooter has left 91% of players, and the number of online gamers has fallen from a peak of 150 thousand to 9 thousand. This is reported by the rating service GitHyp.

The executive producer of the new role-playing game Kingdom Come: Deliverance (KCD) Martin Klima (Martin Klíma) told why he does not consider his work to be part of the echelon of AAA titles. According to Klima, it’s all about its complexity.

In February, the PvP shooter PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS faced an outflow of the audience for the first time. Prior to that, the number of PUBG players had been growing continuously for almost a year since the game appeared on Steam Early Access.

Glu Mobile will release a free-to-play mobile game in collaboration with Disney. The project was headed by Glu Vice President Mike Olsen. The new title will feature characters from the Disney and Pixar animation franchises.

Downloads of the Critical Ops mobile PvP shooter by the Finnish studio Critical Force exceeded 34 million. The soft launch of the game took place 2.5 years ago. The DAU of the project has passed the mark of 1 million players.

Rockstar Studio’s hit has been on the market for almost 5 years and is still selling great. Total sales of GTA V action exceeded 90 million copies, and in 2017 15 million copies of the game were sold.

On January 25, independent developer Matt Thorson released a new Celeste platformer project. In 2 weeks, the Nintendo Switch version of the game has overtaken its PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One editions in sales.