Paladins chases PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds with a battle royal mode

Paladins is looking for some of that battle royal magic. Hi-Rez Studios announced today that its free-to-play shooter is getting a new mode, Battlegrounds.

That’s a pretty on-the-nose name for the addition, which is clearly inspired by the huge hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. That shooter for Xbox One and PC has 100 players drop into a large map as they scavenge for items and fight to be the last person standing. The game has sold over 10 million copies and has topped Steam’s concurrent players chart, and it was also our No. 4 game of the year. And it has also attracted imitators, including Fortnite’s free battle royale mode. Our own Dean Takahashi has predicted more will come in 2018.