PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Developer Challenges Epic to Battle Royale

[PsychicTaco115]

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Developer Challenges Epic to Battle Royale

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//cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/1425/1425334.jpgAfter firing the first shots, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds developer Bluehole has challenged Epic Games to real battle royale combat to determine who will remain at the top of the leaderboard of the massive multiplayer battle arena genre.

The proposed game is simple: 50 employees of each company will fight to the death until one remains. Contestants will have weapons ranging from an empty soda can to a working replica of the Gears of War chaingun.The winning company will then get to keep their game while the other must take their game off the market and delete the source code.

"I think we've got a better chance than most give us credit for. Most of our staff have been trained to survive out in the wild if there was ever an apocalyptic event. I've never eaten the flesh of another man before but you bet your ass I'd do it for an event like this," said Fortnite director Darren Sugg.

Cliff Bleszinski, former design director at Epic, was unable to comment whether or not he would be able to be a participant. He has however tried to promote Lawbreakers during this ordeal, hoping to net a total of four new players to their player count.

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[tippy2k2]

Now I don't know the man and have no fact in this basis but Cliff Bleszinski seems like the kind of guy who would LOOOOOOVE to do a Battle Royale kind of thing.

I'm not sure why I think that. Maybe it's his name. His name sounds like the kind of name that would jump at the chance to fight a bunch of people to the death. I bet that's it...

 

[Chaosian]

And here I thought we were finally gonna get a court case.

 

[cikame]

I'm confused, is this fake news stuff supposed to be funny?

 

[vallorn]

I'm confused, is this fake news stuff supposed to be funny?

It's called satire, Fake News is what NewClassic posts.

 

[JenSeven]

I'm confused, is this fake news stuff supposed to be funny?

From those that have been posted in the news section, the trend indicates to no.

 

[Squilookle]

Given that this is posted in the actual news room, I guess it's.... not meant to be funny?

Either way, they should just stop. This is utterly embarrassing for them.

This is not the Onion.

 

[BarkBarker]

Or.........crossover battle royale mode featuring content from both? Eh? EH? EHHHHH??

 

[Veldel]

That was amusing and made me think of that scrolls deathmatch stuff

 

[lacktheknack]

This is not the Onion.

Seeing how literally nothing else works, it was worth a shot.

 

[Neverhoodian]

Don't listen to the haters Taco. Keep doing your thing, I've got your back. Lord knows it's leagues better than the blatant ads that used to clog up the feed.

Cliff Bleszinski, former design director at Epic, was unable to comment whether or not he would be able to be a participant. He has however tried to promote Lawbreakers during this ordeal, hoping to net a total of four new players to their player count.

So...double the player base?

 

[Zykon TheLich_v1legacy]

Keep it up Taco (I mean the articles, not your penis, do what you like with that) I got a chuckle out of that (only one, but it's a start). You listened to the criticisms and made this one gaming related. Jimquisition got a lot of shit at the start, he listened to (useful) criticism and it got a lot better.

 

[Kreett]

Why is this in news?

 

[Squilookle]

Hey I'd be fine with the article if it wasn't put in the news section. Either the news room is 100% satire or 0% satire.

You can't blur the lines on this one.

 

[ineptelephant]

I didn't particularly feel the first two articles of this style, but I'm still smiling from this article as I type this. Good job.

And don't worry about the people telling you to stop altogether because they don't like it. People said the exact same thing about the Jimquisistion and that got significantly more appreciated (and in my opinion better) within just a few weeks. Keep at it and I feel this could be great.

I will be reading these articles even if the comment sections are 90% people failing to understand that humour is subjective.

Edit: desperate attempt to fix grammar.

 

[Avnger]

I've missed the TNN! <3

 

[Bindal]

Can we please leave the made-up non-sense out of the actual news section?

This is just sad, seriously. I come to the news section for NEWS - not unfunny fiction.

And don't worry about the people telling you to stop altogether because they don't like it. People said the exact same thing about the Jimquisistion and that got significantly more appreciated (and in my opinion better) within just a few weeks. Keep at it and I feel this could be great.

There is a difference and it's a pretty important one: The Jimquisition NEVER tried to make anyone think that it's a 100% serious attempt at news by hiding in the news section where it doesn't belong.

This thing is not only not funny (which most people agree on), it's also where it doesn't belong.
The news section should exist for one thing and one thing only: Actual news. Not reposts of old content and not this "thing". Unless the entire website is decidated to this kind of humor (which, in case of the Escapist, it clearly is not).

So, in the future if they really want to keep this something to post, post it as blogpost, not as news.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

He has however tried to promote Lawbreakers during this ordeal, hoping to net a total of four new players to their player count.

Fucking savage dude.

 

[CellShaded]

As funny as these TacoNews posts might be to a handful of you, they really don't belong in the News section. At all.