<s>
Following	O
an	O
early	O
access	O
beta	O
phase	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
on	O
October	O
5	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
initially	O
was	O
popular	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
the	O
wake	O
of	O
two	O
other	O
battle	O
royale	O
games	O
,	O
PlayerUnknown	B-Application
's	I-Application
Battlegrounds	I-Application
and	O
Fortnite	B-Application
Battle	I-Application
Royale	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
base	O
for	O
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
waned	O
,	O
and	O
Xaviant	O
halted	O
future	O
development	O
in	O
December	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
later	O
announced	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
2	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2018	O
,	O
amid	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
Fortnite	B-Application
Battle	I-Application
Royale	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
panned	O
by	O
players	O
and	O
lacked	O
sufficient	O
players	O
for	O
full	O
matches	O
within	O
19	O
hours	O
,	O
leading	O
Xaviant	O
to	O
pull	O
the	O
sequel	O
from	O
marketplaces	O
,	O
and	O
instead	O
restart	O
work	O
on	O
adapting	O
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
as	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Xaviant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Having	O
finished	O
Lichdom	B-Application
:	I-Application
Battlemage	I-Application
,	O
they	O
saw	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
mods	O
that	O
created	O
a	O
battle	O
royale	O
game	O
atop	O
existing	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
was	O
envisioned	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
standalone	O
battle	O
royale	O
game	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
potential	O
to	O
tap	O
into	O
the	O
esports	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xaviant	O
first	O
announced	O
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
in	O
February	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
brief	O
closed	O
alpha	O
period	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
into	O
early	O
access	O
on	O
Windows	O
via	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
March	O
4	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
quickly	O
rose	O
to	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
ten	O
games	O
played	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
according	O
to	O
Steam	B-Application
Spy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2017	O
,	O
PlayerUnknown	B-Application
's	I-Application
Battlegrounds	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
in	O
early	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlegrounds	B-Application
was	O
another	O
battle	O
royale	O
game	O
which	O
gained	O
popularity	O
quickly	O
over	O
the	O
next	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
caused	O
The	B-Application
Cullings	I-Application
player	O
counts	O
to	O
drop	O
significantly	O
after	O
May	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xaviant	O
left	O
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
servers	O
open	O
for	O
players	O
to	O
continue	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-June	O
2018	O
,	O
Xaviant	O
announced	O
it	O
was	O
preparing	O
to	O
release	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
2	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
had	O
been	O
working	O
on	O
since	O
stopping	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
point	O
in	O
time	O
,	O
Fortnite	B-Application
Battle	I-Application
Royale	I-Application
had	O
been	O
released	O
and	O
surpassed	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
PlayerUnknown	B-Application
's	I-Application
Battlegrounds	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Xaviant	O
's	O
decision	O
to	O
release	O
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
2	O
in	O
the	O
oversaturated	O
market	O
was	O
questioned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xaviant	O
's	O
director	O
of	O
operations	O
Josh	O
Van	O
Veld	O
believed	O
that	O
the	O
timing	O
was	O
right	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
about	O
two	O
years	O
since	O
The	B-Application
Cullings	I-Application
initial	O
release	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
a	O
fresh	O
title	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
2	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
without	O
an	O
early	O
access	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
announcement	O
came	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
that	O
leaked	O
images	O
from	O
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
2	O
had	O
been	O
discovered	O
,	O
with	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
criticizing	O
the	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
for	O
being	O
too	O
close	O
to	O
PlayerUnknown	B-Application
's	I-Application
Battlegrounds	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Van	O
Veld	O
said	O
the	O
choice	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
game	O
more	O
similar	O
to	O
Battlegrounds	B-Application
was	O
to	O
reflect	O
the	O
trend	O
that	O
the	O
battle	O
royale	O
genre	O
had	O
seen	O
over	O
the	O
last	O
two	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
2	O
,	O
match	O
sizes	O
were	O
increased	O
to	O
50	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
2	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
10	O
,	O
2018	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
PlayStation	O
4	O
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
release	O
occurred	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
as	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
season	O
within	O
Fortnite	B-Application
:	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
Royale	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steam	B-Application
peak	O
player	O
counts	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
its	O
first	O
day	O
were	O
around	O
250	O
players	O
and	O
within	O
40	O
hours	O
the	O
game	O
dropped	O
to	O
a	O
single	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
18	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Xaviant	O
decided	O
to	O
pull	O
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
2	O
from	O
storefronts	O
,	O
close	O
down	O
its	O
servers	O
and	O
refund	O
all	O
purchases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rebooted	O
game	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
:	O
Origins	O
,	O
returned	O
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
to	O
a	O
state	O
similar	O
to	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
on	O
early	O
access	O
in	O
March	O
2016	O
,	O
including	O
bringing	O
back	O
features	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
removed	O
during	O
its	O
release	O
development	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
new	O
graphics	O
,	O
features	O
and	O
optimizations	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
latest	O
build	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anyone	O
who	O
owns	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
granted	O
access	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
:	O
Day	O
One	O
,	O
an	O
exact	O
replica	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
its	O
original	O
state	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2016	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
few	O
bug	O
fixes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
:	O
Day	O
One	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
replay	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
its	O
earliest	O
form	O
and	O
is	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
reference	O
point	O
for	O
the	O
free-to-play	O
release	O
to	O
ensure	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
as	O
fun	O
as	O
its	O
first	O
release	O
so	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
lose	O
what	O
makes	O
it	O
unique	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xavient	O
announced	O
in	O
March	O
2019	O
that	O
revenue	O
from	O
the	O
rebooted	O
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
was	O
not	O
sufficient	O
to	O
cover	O
their	O
ongoing	O
expenses	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
thus	O
planning	O
on	O
closing	O
down	O
the	O
servers	O
in	O
May	O
2019	O
;	O
offline	O
portions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
otherwise	O
remain	O
playable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
25	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
title	O
was	O
made	O
unavailable	O
for	O
purchase	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
and	O
de-listed	O
from	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
12	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Xaviant	O
announced	O
that	O
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
would	O
return	O
to	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
re-branded	O
as	O
The	B-Application
Culling	I-Application
:	O
Origins	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
"	O
pay-per-match	O
"	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
