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Battle royale games drop dozens of players onto one map and let them fight until one is left standing. Here are 20 of the best battle royale games on PC, console, and mobile.

The first games in their genres — 40 projects that did something for the very first time what now appears in every other game. The first shooter, the first fighting game, the first Battle Royale, the first minimap, the first QTE, the first dialogue tree. The history of the gaming industry is the history of who invented what first. Did you know that the first first-person shooter wasn't Wolfenstein? That the color-coded loot rarity system was invented not in Diablo but in a text-based ASCII roguelike? That the Battle Royale genre was born from a zombie simulator mod, not from a marketer's head? Most of the mechanics we take for granted were invented by someone for the first time — often by accident, sometimes out of laziness, almost always in a game you've never heard of. This piece covers more than 30 such innovations. The first fighting game, the first stealth game, the first open world, the first character progression system, the first dialogue tree, the first online multiplayer, the first co-op, the first Battle Royale — and the games behind them. Some will surprise you, some will make you laugh, but every single one deserves to be known.

Even an old laptop can deliver a great FPS experience — especially if you know which shooters run really well on low-end hardware. Low-end hardware even has its advantage: it's perfect for classic games. Those same FPS games we used to play in computer clubs and on old laptops run on almost any PC and still provide dozens of hours of pure adrenaline. In this collection, we've rounded up shooters that run smoothly on low-end machines — from classic games from the '90s to underrated hits from the 2000s and 2010s.

On November 22, 2005, the Xbox 360 went on sale. This device impacted the entire gaming industry and made Microsoft a major platform holder. In honor of the anniversary, we look back at the console's launch, its exclusives, and why it was more successful than other Xbox versions.

On June 8, Microsoft held its gaming conference. Many games from the exhibition will be available in Game Pass at release. However, among the announcements there are also completely new devices. You will learn about all the most interesting things that were shown at the Xbox Games Showcase 2025 from our article.