Mortal Royale – MMO Fallout

Star Vault AB today announced that it is partnering with Sky eSports to license Mortal Royale in the Indian market. The license will run for 48 months with Star Vault taking 30% of net revenues accrued within the country. Mortal Royale is the battle royale spinoff to Star Vault’s open world MMO Mortal Online.

“We are very pleased to partner with Sky eSports. Star Vault has never licensed the publishing rights to a successful collaboration to adapt the Mortal Royale to an eSport-interested audience can result in double milestones for Star Vault as a company. I also see great opportunities to find rewarding partnerships with other eSport-organizers in other parts of the world when we have a little longer, “says Henrik Nystrom, CEO of Star Vault.

Skytou Solutions Private Limited (Sky eSports) is an Indian company established in 2015 whose major business appears to be in building casino hardware/software, along with casual games. Skytou boasts an annual turnover of between one to two crore ($140-$280 thousand USD). Skytou employs approximately 11-25 people.

Source: Release (In Swedish)

Mortal Online is the latest to join the Battle Royale bandwagon, with Star Vault announcing the “coming soon” release of Mortal Royale.

That said, if Star Vault is going to achieve its dream of a game where 1,000 players are duking it out on the battlefield, they’re going to need a leg up in terms of visibility and engagement. One thousand players in a single game would require at least ten times the active average player count than Mortal Online has seen over the past six months. The trailer (linked above) currently has about 1,500 views.

According to Star Vault on Facebook, Mortal Royale is being worked on by a different team than Mortal Online, however the developer did not comment on whether or not this team is composed of new people or simply people pulled from Mortal Online, when inquired.