"We have to go a different path" - Krafton thinks PUBG Ded.Net's pulpy gameshow hyperviolence and roguelite twist can make it the next big battle royale

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What happened
Player Unknown's Battlegrounds is arguably one of the most important games to release in the past decade. If H1Z1 built the foundation of the battle royale genre, PUBG certainly shaped it into the form that remains hugely successful today. We would not have seen the battle royale craze of the late 2010s without it, and millions of people around the world wouldn't know the brutal arena thrills of red loot crates, wel…
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