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Xavient announced in March 2019 that revenue from the rebooted The Culling was not sufficient to cover their ongoing expenses, and were thus planning on closing down the servers in May 2019 offline portions of the game would otherwise remain playable. The Culling: Day One allows players to replay the game in its earliest form and is to be used as a reference point for the free-to-play release to ensure the game is as fun as its first release so it does not lose what makes it unique. Anyone who owns the game is granted access to The Culling: Day One, an exact replica of the game in its original state, when it was released in March 2016, with a few bug fixes. The rebooted game, The Culling: Origins, returned The Culling to a state similar to when it was first released on early access in March 2016, including bringing back features that had been removed during its release development, as well as new graphics, features and optimizations featured in the latest build. Additionally, Xaviant stated they would instead retake up development and support of the original game towards making it a free-to-play title. On July 18, 2018, Xaviant decided to pull The Culling 2 from storefronts, close down its servers and refund all purchases.
Steam peak player counts for the game on its first day were around 250 players and within 40 hours the game dropped to a single player. Additionally, the release occurred on the same day as the start of a new season within Fortnite: Battle Royale. The game was criticized by players for appearing to be an unfinished title, its release timed to hit the middle of the popularity of battle royale games. The Culling 2 was released on Jfor Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Within The Culling 2, match sizes were increased to 50 players. Van Veld said the choice to make the game more similar to Battlegrounds was to reflect the trend that the battle royale genre had seen over the last two years. The announcement came around the same time that leaked images from The Culling 2 had been discovered, with fans of the first game criticizing the look and feel for being too close to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. Xaviant's director of operations Josh Van Veld believed that the timing was right, as it had been about two years since The Culling 's initial release, making it a fresh title, and that The Culling 2 would be released without an early access period. At this point in time, Fortnite Battle Royale had been released and surpassed the popularity of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, and Xaviant's decision to release The Culling 2 in the oversaturated market was questioned.
In mid-June 2018, Xaviant announced it was preparing to release a sequel, The Culling 2, which they had been working on since stopping development of the first game. Xaviant left The Culling servers open for players to continue to use. In December 2017, Xaviant announced that development for the game was halting, so that they could work on "a new title". This caused The Culling 's player counts to drop significantly after May 2017.
Battlegrounds was another battle royale game which gained popularity quickly over the next year. In March 2017, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds was released on Steam in early access.
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After a brief closed alpha period, the game was released into early access on Windows via Steam on March 4, 2016, where it quickly rose to one of the top ten games played on Steam according to Steam Spy. Xaviant first announced The Culling in February 2016. Late in the development process, they also recognized this would help the popularity of the game in video game live streaming. The game, as developed, required players that had been killed off to remain in the match, which necessitated the need for Xaviant to provide a robust spectator mode for these players to watch the remaining match play out. The Culling was envisioned to be the first standalone battle royale game on Steam, with the potential to tap into the esports market.
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Having finished Lichdom: Battlemage, they saw the popularity of mods that created a battle royale game atop existing games. Selecting the correct perks can provide players with an edge based on their play style. Players call these combinations "builds". When particular perks and air drops are put together they provide unique strengths and weaknesses. Upon completing various tasks such as living for a few minutes, killing other players, traveling certain distances or interacting with the environment, players receive "F.U.N.C", which is the name of the in-game currency used to craft or purchase equipment and upgrades each match. The maps contain caves, bridges, poison gas, explosive barrels, and more.
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Sixteen players are placed in an arena (either a small island or a prison) full of various buildings containing loot.