H1Z1, the grandfather of the battle royale genre, is finally making its way to the PlayStation 4 and it will be absolutely free-to-play.
Daybreak will be releasing an open beta for the PlayStation 4 version of H1Z1 on May 22. Keen gamers will be able to sign up for the closed beta, which will take place later this month.
H1Z1 is one of the oldest battle royale games and as of this year, has finally made its way out of early access after three long years. The game puts 150 players against each other in an all too familiar game mode, where the last person standing is declared the winner. Unlike PlayUnknown's Battlegrounds and Fortnite, players are able to scavenge for items to craft makeshift tools or deconstruct items to create better ones.
The origins of H1Z1 are extremely interesting due to the games it was inspired by and what game was inspired by it. Upon its release on Early Access, many passed the game off as a Day Z clone. At the time, Day Z was one of the biggest game available and many developers attempted to emulate its success. After succumbing to a bad launch, a developer by the name of Brendan Greene came onto the scene and designed a battle royale mod for the game. It quickly became so popular that the developers ditched its original style of gameplay and completely adopted the battle royale mode. After working for Daybreak for a while, Brendan Greene went moved on to make a little battle royale game of his own. It is called PlayUnknown's Battlegrounds.
Whether H1Z1 will be able to compete with the monstrosity that is Fortnite is yet to be seen. Competition is extremely healthy and considering that H1Z1 will be free-to-play, I'd say it has a pretty good chance of succeeding.
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Finally! It's about time! Free-to-play yeahhh!
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Indeed, I've been playing around with it. Can't complain if its free!
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I was waiting for it!
It is great news that this game will be FTP on PS4. I think that it will bring more people to this game. It was first battle royale game which I played so hopefully I will do it again.
What is your opinion about it? Maybe you prefer other battle royale games? Always waiting for more similar articles. Keep doing :)
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They probably could have tackled it early when they had the market share but I guess all in all still a great result considering its Free to play!
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I wish I had a ps4 for it, but that's pretty imposible right now
I want to play it so MUUUUUUUUUUUCH
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I'm sure it'll be free for a long time :) No rush haha
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Finally....H1Z1 is coming to PS4
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No doubt and free also!
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Hell yeah!
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Can't complain if its free huh haha
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Haha exactly!
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Yeah!!! Another battle royal on PS4 for free like Fortnite ;)
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