"Homages" at best and "blatant ripoffs" at worst have always been a part of the game industry. I couldn't help but think of this after my first thrilling time playing PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds in May of this year. You may have heard about this PC game: it's a somewhat familiar-...
where a large group of players—some playing solo, and some in squads—compete to be the last person standing on a large map. It enjoyed a brief moment of intense popularity before an army of rip-offs, clones, and competitors rose up to challenge it. One of these new competitors wasFo...