Supervive is a surprisingly deep MOBA-style battle royale that could be your next game for life

If Riot Games decided to add guns and a battle royale mode to League of Legends, it would look something like the just-announced Supervive. In fact, at first glance you’d be forgiven for thinking you are looking at a new LoL game mode given the visual similarities between the two. A lot of the Supervive team worked at Riot, including studio CEO Joe Tung who was an EVP on LoL. He came up with the basic idea for Supervive while there, but technical limitations meant it could never work in League. 

Supervive has grown to become much more than a LoL game mode, however, and the only real similarities now are the look and the selection of characters with MOBA-style abilities. I tried it during a recent hands-on session, and it’s closer to a fast-paced top down hero shooter, where you compete as a team or solo against 39 other players in a battle royale. You’ll pick where to drop, kill creeps to level up and collect gear, then go hunt other teams to take them out and be the last one standing.