400-Player Battle Royale Game Gets A Teaser Trailer

A new trailer for an upcoming Battle Royale game that promises to support 400 players in a multiplayer environment has been released, but unfortunately it doesn’t deliver what we want to see. The trailer for Mavericks: Proving Grounds shows off some nice-looking visuals and environments, but, critically, it does not show any gameplay. 

Mavericks is in development at the new UK studio Automaton Games. The game was formerly known as Project X before getting its new name over the weekend during a PC Gamer event. Mavericks will have a 12km squared “living and breathing” world, the developer says. It also promises dynamic elements such as wildfire that spreads and more. 

“This year, we’re coming out with our competitive, Battle Royale-style mode, which we hope will show that there is so much more for that genre than what people have seen today,” Automaton’s James Thompson told PC Gamer. “How much more we can do with the game world and the [Battle Royale] game mode as a whole.”

Mavericks’ Battle Royale mode is scheduled to launch in 2018, presumably for PC, but it is just one part of the game. The full game, described as an MMO that supports 1000 concurrent players in an “ultra-high fidelity world instance, is coming in 2019. 

“It is set in a huge, photoreal, and highly dynamic environment, with strong character progression, social hubs, intelligent mission systems and global-scale player-driven narrative,” reads a line from the game’s description.

Some kind of announcement about Mavericks is coming at the Game Developers Conference in March, and we will be sure to report back with more details then. A closed beta for Mavericks is coming, but there is no word yet about when it will start.

PUBG, which supports 100 players, popularised the Battle Royale movement and made it one of the most talked-about genres in gaming. It’s no surprise to see other, similar games pop up with their own unique spin on the formula. Epic’s Fortnite: Battle Royale has seen a lot of success, as the game recently surpassed 3.4 million concurrent players. 

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