H1Z1, the game often accredited with popularizing the battle-royale genre, has seen a bit of a re-emergence since it went free-to-play, and even more so since it launched on PS4 in beta form on May 22nd.

In less than 24 hours, the game surpassed 1.5 million players, and now two days later it has zoomed by 4.5 million players.

News of the impressive player count comes via the game's official Twitter account:

[PS4 Open Beta] As a THANK YOU to all 4.5 million+ of you who have joined us since Open Beta launch, we've dropped the Blue Barbed Hellfire 4-6 right into your inventory!

PLUS, Duos is now unlocked with a brand new patch - see the latest fixes here: https://t.co/ZC3AuC94uU pic.twitter.com/G3iLFmX1AZ

— H1Z1 (@H1Z1) 26 May 2018

As you can see, to celebrate the milestone, developer Daybreak has dished out the Blue Barbed Hellfire 4-6 to every player. Further, to accompany the news is an announcement of a new patch, which is live, and notably adds duos play to the game.

The update also improves the mini-map and comes with a host of small bug fixes. With the server resets this evening, bullet friendly fire for duos and fives will be disabled, and the Match Start Timer will be extended to ensure players don't skip the fort and drop directly into matches later than other players.

Posted: May 26, 2018 12:32 pm
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Source: http://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/05/26/h1z1-ps4-duos-5-million-players/