Not long after, with the art team developing assets and the design team expanding the scope, Red Death was born as Civ VI's first battle royale mode.Ĭiv VI's September update is available to download now and with it comes an assortment of new features, balance tweaks, and fixes. After Olson pointed out the mode's stealthy addition at a design meeting, a play session was set up so everyone could try it out. Not a single developer on the team noticed.
Multiplayer engineering lead Bradley Olson implemented the battle royale mode in an April 1 build of Civ VI.
A press release elaborated on Red Death's origin.
