Cast your mind back to 2017, when battle royales weren’t even a glint in most games developers’ eyes and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds—now officially known as PUBG: Battlegrounds—smashed its way into early access. It rapidly rose through the ranks, and soon became one of Steam’s most-played games. While there had been mods inspired by the Battle Royale film before, there hadn’t been anything quite like this. It was nihilistic, intensely unwelcoming and brutally difficult to get to grips with. I played for a year, but my interest faded as the game moved out of the popular consciousness. I never forgot the ridiculous tension, though, or the silly situations that the game constantly threw my way… Read more.