Z1 Battle Royale

This article is about the battle royale game formerly known as H1Z1: King of the Kill. For the original game known as H1Z1 that was later cancelled, see Just Survive.

Z1 Battle Royale
Developer(s)Daybreak Game Company
Publisher(s)Daybreak Game Company
Producer(s)Chris Wynn
Programmer(s)Brendan Greene
Composer(s)Cris Velasco
EngineForgeLight
Platform(s)
Release
  • Windows
  • February 28, 2018
  • PlayStation 4
  • August 7, 2018
Genre(s)Battle royale
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Z1 Battle Royale (formerly H1Z1 and King of the Kill) is a battle royale game developed and published by Daybreak Game Company. The game's development began after the original H1Z1 was spun off into two separate projects in early 2016: H1Z1: Just Survive and H1Z1: King of the Kill. The games were further split as separate projects in October 2017, with Just Survive dropping the H1Z1 name, and King of the Kill becoming simply H1Z1.

After three years of being in early access for Windows, H1Z1 officially released as a free-to-play game in February 2018, later released for the PlayStation 4 in August 2018. A month later, development of the game was transferred to NantG Mobile, who attempted to "revert" (redevelop) the game back to how it was in March 2017 (pre-Season 3), rebranding it as Z1 Battle Royale with their Season 3 update. In April 2019, development of the game was given back over to Daybreak.