> "indeed, the speed with which Battle Royale launched suggests the mode was in development well before Save the World had even launched" The author might be m

> "indeed, the speed with which Battle Royale launched suggests the mode was in development well before Save the World had even launched" The author might be missing an important part of the history here. PUBG and Fortnite both use the unreal engine. Part of the development of the unreal engine during this time was related to adding features and performance improvements to the engine for a game like PUBG. PUBG had many performance problems originally and they did not seem to have the technical ability or the access to make needed structural changes to the engine. This means PUBG developers had to work with the unreal developers to improve PUBG. It's entirely possible that the unreal developers used fortnite and started converting it to a battle royale game at this time. They would've needed a similar kind of game for testing the engine changes internally. The next logical step was to complete the fornite BR mode and release it. Good for Epic games, questionable outcome for PUBG. In a way, it is similar to Amazon basics knowing what third party products are popular and finding a way to put a cheaper clone in the marketplace.