with the success of "battlegrounds" and "fortnite", the battle royale genre expanded greatly. major publishers, including electronic arts activision, and ubisoft have noticed the impact of the growing genre and impact on their future plans. activision's "call of duty" series features a battle royale mode titled "blackout" in its 2018 game, ', while ea's "battlefield v" also includes a battle royale mode. some other established games added battle royale-inspired gamemodes in updates, such as "grand theft auto online", "paladins", "dota 2", "battlerite", and '. in february 2019, ea released a free-to-play battle royale game called "apex legends", which exceeded 50 million player accounts within a month of its release.