If you thought it was just a matter of time before Psyonix synced up with its parent company Epic Games by adding battle royale to Rocket League... your beliefs were well-founded. Psyonix is introducing a limited-time Knockout Bash mode that drops the usual vehicular soccer in favor of battle royale's familiar last-one-standing mechanic. Eight players try to survive by attacking each other and staying inside an ever-shrinking "Safezone." That will sound more than a little familiar to Fortnite fans, but Rocket League's take includes a few important twists. Players only leave after they've been knocked out three times, for instance.

Lucid Games and Sony were curiously shy about Destruction AllStars' game modes despite its role as a PlayStation 5 showcase, but they're finally ready to offer more details. The two have outlined the competitive car smasher's game modes, and they're a tad different than what you often see in vehicular titles. There's a familiar deathmatch mode (Mayhem) with free-for-all and team options, but the highlights are the less straightforward options. Carnado asks you to sacrifice your vehicle in a storm to cash in on the points you've earned by wrecking your opponents. Stockpile is a capture-and-control alternative where you claim banks to deposit points for your team.

Activision has released a mobile version of the popular Call of Duty video game that is free-to-play on Android and iOS devices. 'Call of Duty' is firing a salvo at'Fortnite,' with a new, mobile video game that includes a battle royale mode for up to 100 players. "Call of Duty: Mobile," out Tuesday for Android and iOS devices, is a free-to-play game featuring a variety of maps, weapons, characters and play modes from the multibillion-dollar "Call of Duty: Black Ops" and "Modern Warfare" video game franchises. Other popular multiplayer modes in the game include Team Deathmatch, Search and Destroy, and Domination. Popular maps from the game franchise that will be included are Nuketown, Crash, Hijacked and more.

Critics from around the world have praised the game for its engrossing storyline, rich open world environment and stunning graphics, with many calling it among the best video games of all time. IGN has hailed the game for its'gorgeous depiction' of the Old West with'one of this generation's best single-player experiences' that's'a meticulously polished open world ode to the outlaw era.' Game Informer gave Red Dead Redemption II a perfect score of ten out of ten, saying: 'Rockstar Games has outdone itself again with Red Dead Redemption II. 'The up-close portrayal of the outlaw Van der Linde gang's unraveling is a compelling companion story that blends seamlessly with the original game, and depth and breadth of the open world is a technical triumph that every gamer should experience.' Electronic Gaming Monthly also praised the game for its visuals, storyline and attention to detail, saying: 'This is one of the most gorgeous, seamless, rootinest, tootinest games ever made, and if you voluntarily miss out on it, you're either not a gamer or in a coma.' Another very positive review came from US Gamer, which lauded its'absolutely beautiful open world' with the few drawbacks in the game being the occasional bugs and the somewhat tedious travel across the game world at times.

Rockstar continues to expand the Red Dead Online beta, and its latest update will seem particularly familiar. The studio has added a Gun Rush mode that's effectively a one-for-one parallel to the battle royale modes you see in Fortnite, PUBG and numerous other titles from the past two to three years. You or your team have to scrounge for weapons while fighting to remain the last one standing in an ever shrinking play area. If there's a major difference, it's the scale -- with a maximum of 32 players, you'll probably finish rounds sooner than you would in the 100-player brawls that define other battle royale titles. There are more updates in the pipeline as a result of feedback, particularly to address griefing. It'll be easier to activate the Parley system so that you can get away from troublemakers, and player blips will appear at shorter distances so that trolls can't hunt you down quite so easily.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's finally making the free-to-play pivot, ditching the $15 barrier to entry it's maintained since release in 2012. Starting today you can head over to Steam and grab the full game, including multiplayer modes, for free--though you can still pay $15 for "Prime" status and earn some extra skins. It seems like an obvious move to keep Counter-Strike competitive in the modern era, what with the rise of the battle royale genre. CS:GO is even getting its own take on the phenomenon, called CS:GO Danger Zone, an 18-player battle royale(ish) mode that involves scrounging for supplies and money around the map. Timing that release with the move to free-to-play could convince an entire new generation of Playerunknown's Battlegrounds players to give Counter-Strike a shot...maybe. But is that a good move for Counter-Strike and the people who love it?

Radio 1 Newsbeat's had exclusive access to the team behind the new Call of Duty.

This superhero action game is refreshingly colourful and humorous, fittingly for a game starring Marvel's perennial cheeky chappie. Swinging around New York, slinging webs and beating up criminals is exactly as fun as it sounds. The plot is untethered from any Spider-Man films and comics, bringing many of the web-slingers nemeses together in one story. That also means that developer Insomniac has been able to take its time, which is obvious from how beautiful it looks. A new series of this episodic game about teens in small-town America begins in September, this time starring a couple of brothers on the run rather than a high-schooler with the power to rewind time.

If you were hoping PUBG Corp's lawsuit against Epic Games over Fortnite would be a knock-down drag-out fight to determine which battle royale game emerges triumphant... well, you'll be disappointed. The PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds developer has dropped the South Korean lawsuit, which alleged that Epic was imitating its interface and in-game items through Fortnite's Battle Royale mode. PUBG declined to explain the reason for the change of heart (we've asked Epic for comment), but there are a few potential candidates. For one, it probably wasn't going to accomplish much. Short of securing an outright ban on Fortnite, a successful lawsuit wasn't likely to slow Epic down --it might have obtained money and some cosmetic changes, but not much more.

Nintendo announced the news Tuesday during its presentation at the annual E3 videogame expo here. "Fortnite," which has more than 40 million players, landed on the Switch today. The move is a coup for Nintendo, whose previous console--the Wii U--was roundly criticized for a spotty lineup of games through its five-year run, including a dearth of the biggest games outside of those the Japanese videogame maker develops itself. "It's vitally important for game publishers to have the widest possible hardware reach for as long as possible," said Lewis Ward, an analyst at research firm IDC. A "Fortnite" appearance on the Switch will mark its sweep of all major game-playing devices.