So instead, PlayerUnknown tapped into another film name: 'Battle Royale,' a 2000 Japanese dystopian action film that saw participants fight to the death. 'Hunger Games,' he thought he'd call it - but immediately, with the film of the widely-popular teen fiction novel set to release soon, thought otherwise. 'One of these on an island named 'Isola Di Caprais' but those who know this place it by another, 'Battle Royale.''Ī picture of this computer-generated poster was uploaded to Reddit, by an user named PlayerUnknown, who at the time had spoken to Arma 2 and DayZ mod community members about a new idea he had for that game. Taped to the bottom of paper were three pictures of a mysterious island. But there are also whispers of darker places, places where some madness still exists.' Even though there are still many infected zones and though whole cities were lost, new centres of community have begun to spring up in the most unlikely of places, helped in large part by the common struggle we all endured. 'It is now 5 years after the outbreak was stopped and some semblance of civilization is getting back on its feet. 'Blackrock City, May 23rd, 2021,' the stained piece of paper read. How It's Made - How Brendan Greene and PUBG revolutionized gaming You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
