Start transforming your game’s economy and increase your bottom line. Get the free guide now. Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Hi-Rez Studios announced today that its battle royale game Realm Royale is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Closed betas for these console versions will start next week. Realm Royale differentiates itself from Fortnite and PUBG by focusing on a fantasy setting (you can use spells, but guns are still a big part of the game). Players in the free-to-play game can select classes like Mage and Assassin. But the goal remains the same — be the last player standing. It has become a hit on PC, attracting more than 4 million players on Steam during its Early Access period. Of course it has a long ways to go if it wants to catch up to top dog Fortnite, which has over 125 million players on PC, consoles, and mobile. Coming to console can expand that audience. You can sign up for a beta key here. Like with Fortnite, Realm Royale monetizes itself with a battle pass. Players buy the pass which then unlocks cosmetic items as they complete objectives. Not only does it help a game make money, but the progression system encourages people to play more. Hi-Rez Studios has not said anything about a Switch version. This June, the studio ported its hero shooter Paladins to Nintendo’s platform.<doc-sep>Realm Royale is coming to PS4 and Xbox One, and sooner than you might have expected. A closed beta will kick off the week of July 30, with sign-ups now live on the official Realm Royale site . If you're curious to try it out or have already been playing on PC and want to see how the game fares on console, definitely get your email on the waiting list. "But what is Realm Royale," some of you may be asking. Well, as you might have guessed, it's another battle royale game in the vein of Fortnite or PUBG . And yes, it's okay to roll your eyes a bit - the battle royale genre may already feel a bit oversaturated, with asset-flipping copycats and major publishers alike jumping on the bandwagon . Indeed, Realm Royale itself began as a mode in the hero shooter Paladins. But over time, Realm Royale has managed to carve out its own identity. (Sidenote: remember when hero shooters were the new hotness?) For starters, it's got a fantasy aesthetic, taking place in a world full of magic and a cartoonishly-proportioned medieval landscape. Sure, players are still running around with guns, but it's mostly crossbows and single-bolt rifles instead of machine guns and semi-autos (though the game has recently gotten an expanded arsenal). There's also Realm Royale's emphasis on class identity, making who you play as tactical a choice as your loadout. Mages, for example, can fly through the air, shoot fireballs, use ice to become immune to damage for a short time, or put up a wall to impede other players. Meanwhile, an Assassin can do a short-range teleport, drop smoke bombs, or even disappear entirely. But perhaps the most fun / funny thing about Realm Royale are the chickens. In games like PUBG or Fortnite, getting wounded will either straight-up kill you or, if you're playing with teammates, make your avatar begin to crawl limply on the ground until someone else can revive you. In Realm Royale, depletion of your HP will turn you into a chicken. You have no offensive or defensive abilities in this form, but if you can survive for 30 seconds, you'll be revived so you can re-enter the royale. I totally understand feeling battle royale fatigue, just like we all felt hero shooter fatigue, and MOBA fatigue, and modern military shooter fatigue throughout the years. And honestly, no battle royale game has held my interest for very long. But I think I'll give Realm Royale a try. How about you?<doc-sep>
Realm Royale Closed Beta is coming to PlayStation 4 starting next week. The fantasy battle royale created by Hi-Rez puts a fantasy spin on the classic formula. Crafting armor, destroying chickens and blasting enemies with throwable axes are just some of the game's standout features. Fans on PC have had a love/hate relationship with the BR, but the PS4 crowd might be a bit more welcoming. An Xbox port of the game is expected to come soon, though Hi-Rez has released no information yet. How To Sign-Up For Realm Royale Closed Beta If you want to play, you're going to have to sign up for the Closed Beta on the Hi-Rez website (www.realmroyale.com). The codes are given to random players, so you might not get in the first wave. You can also comment on this post on the PlayStation blog and hope you are one of the five lucky people to snag a code. If anything can save Realm Royale , it's console support. One of the reasons Fortnite is so wildly successful is that you can play it on nearly every device; Xbox, PC, PS4, Switch, iPhone, iPad and Android on the way. It doesn't matter who you are, there's almost certainly a way you can play the game. If Realm Royale wants to compete with the biggest dog in the yard, they are going to have to step up their game. I personally loved Realm Royale when it first launched. The game was so new and the community was so excited to play. Then, Hi-Rez started to release balance patches that made the game less skill-reliant and more RNG-based. The fan base never really recovered and RR barely breaks 10,000 concurrent players on weekdays. I hope the developers have learned from their mistakes and embrace the game they launched. From humble beginnings, Realm Royale has grown from a Paladin game mode to a console port.