Path Of Exile Turns Battle Royale For April Fools’ Day, Legitimate Development

Stranger things may have occurred in the world of video games than this particle tidbit, but the top-down, point and click RPG Path of Exile getting a Battle Royale mode is certainly one of the most peculiar. It’s not peculiar that it’s getting the mode but rather that it’s getting it only for April Fools’ Day and that it’s actually legitimate.

As PC Gamer notes, April 1st is not exactly the best date to start believing in every single rumor or claim that comes out of developers’ mouths. More often than not, it’s much safer to assume that the developers are simply lying in an effort to trick gamers.

However, according to its website, Path of Exile is actually offering a 100-player PVP mode that will be available for one day. Afterward, it will be taken down and everything goes back to normal. This is apparently a response to the demands of the community and the developers are calling it “Path of Exile: Royale.”

“Based on community feedback, we are announcing that we have abandoned the Action RPG genre to focus on what players really want. Path of Exile is being replaced by PATH OF EXILE: ROYALE, a 100-person free-for-all battle royale game. PATH OF EXILE: ROYALE is live right now. Just run the old Path of Exile game client and it will update to PATH OF EXILE: ROYALE,” the announcement post reads.

Now, it’s worth repeating that this is an actual, legitimate development within the game. It’s not a joke and according to the video clip that the developers released with regards to the mode, it only took developers one day to actually make the necessary changes to put the mode into effect.

As to how it would even work, the premise is similar to other games with the same mode. Multiple players are dropped in an ever-shrinking area where they’ll need to battle each other to the death, until only one remains.