PAX South Preview: The Darwin Project Turns Battle Royale into Hunger Games

One of the most popular booths on the show floor at PAX South 2018 was Microsoft’s Mixer booth, which was hosting the Darwin Project. Developed by indie Canadian studio Scavengers Studio, Microsoft quickly saw the potential between creating a Hunger Games-like action-survival game, and incorporating their own live streaming software, Mixer. The result was a throng of people crowded around the Mixer booth as they yelled to nuke certain zones and cheered to bestow buffs and aid to their favorite players.

It’s Battle Royale, with audience participation.

The Darwin Project is a 10 player survival free for all that Microsoft announced during E3 2017. That was still the early days of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ (PUBG) meteoric rise up the playeryear.

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