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The German publisher is the latest to head in to the genre after the success of Fortnite and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

PUBG hits 20 million sales while Fortnite hits 20 million players as both games announce their successes via Twitter

Epic shooter Fortnite has reached another milestone, passing the 20m registered players mark. The success has been spurred by the release of the free-to-play Battle Royale mode, which is available on PC and console. This total pushes it just ahead of high-profile rival PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, whose owner numbers are hovering …

Epic’s latest hit still appears to be growing. As confirmed by the game’s Twitter account, Fortnite: Battle Royale recently hit 811,000 concurrent players. The popularity led to some server problems, but Epic has said that its working on ironing them out. Last month Epic had reported a CCU record of …

Epic Games' Battle Royale mode continues to rise with the majority of its users based on consoles

Epic Games has announced that its controversial Battle Royale mode for Fortnite has already hit 10m players in just two weeks. The game also peaked at 525,000 concurrent players on Monday, with 3.7m active users on that day alone.  To celebrate the milestone, Epic released an infographic, detailing (among other facts) …

The popularity of the battle royale genre continues apace with Epic and PUBG Inc games achieving record numbers

A blog on Epic's site details the custom improvements made to the Unreal Engine to handle the Battle Royale mode

Epic’s controversial foray into the battle royale genre has got off to a very strong start. Fortnite Battle Royale enjoyed a possibly unexpected marketing boost when it became the subject of some debate following criticism from PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds developer Bluehole earlier this week. The result? 1m players tried the game …

A configuration error enabled the console owners to play each other over the weekend