GTA & Red Dead Company Boss Says They're Not Going to Be A Battle Royale 'Copy Cat'

<img src="https://https://static1.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Read-Dead-Redemption-With-Fortnite-Character.jpg" /><p>It’s hard to avoid the topic of massive competitive online modes in gaming, with an increasing number of franchises exploring online pursuits for their newer games, but Take-Two Interactive appears to not be taking the battle royale bait. While <em>Fortnite</em> continues to dominate gamer hours, the parent company for Rockstar Games, famous for both their <em>GTA</em> and <em>Red Dead</em> properties, spoke to the topic at a web-streamed conference.</p><p>The long-awaited follow-up to Rockstar’s 2010 hit sequel, <a href="https://screenrant.com/tag/red-dead-redemption-2/"><em>Red Dead Redemption 2</em></a> has been a special target in the discussion of AAA development gearing to increasingly expansive multiplayer modes. The original release had its own frequented online mode that allowed gamers to form “posses” or instanced groups to fight others in a duplication of the game map, which featured a max cap of 16 concurrent players. A far cry from the 100-player caps of <a href="https://screenrant.com/fortnite-bodyguards-pay/"><em>Fortnite</em> </a>and <em>Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds</em>, and much less structured, but it set the basis for <a href="https://screenrant.com/gta-5-most-profitable-entertainment-product-ever/"><em>GTA V</em></a>’s extremely successful <em>GTA Online</em> deployment, itself capping at 30.</p> <strong>Click to continue reading <a href="https://screenrant.com/rockstar-games-battle-royale-trend/">GTA & Red Dead Company Boss Says They're Not Going to Be A Battle Royale 'Copy Cat'</a></strong><br /><br /> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://screenrant.com/rockstar-games-battle-royale-trend/">GTA & Red Dead Company Boss Says They're Not Going to Be A Battle Royale 'Copy Cat'</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://screenrant.com/">ScreenRant</a>
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May 31, 2018 at 12:05AM