<s>
Totally	B-Application
Accurate	I-Application
Battlegrounds	I-Application
(	O
TABG	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
battle	O
royale	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Swedish	O
studio	O
Landfall	O
Games	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
spin-off	O
of	O
Totally	B-Application
Accurate	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
Simulator	I-Application
(	O
TABS	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
to	O
how	O
TABS	B-Application
parodies	O
the	O
battle	O
simulator	O
genre	O
of	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
TABG	B-Application
is	O
a	O
parody	O
of	O
the	O
battle	O
royale	O
genre	O
,	O
primarily	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
PlayerUnknown	B-Application
's	I-Application
Battlegrounds	I-Application
and	O
Fortnite	B-Application
,	O
and	O
features	O
exaggerated	O
player	O
and	O
weapon	O
physics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
June	O
5	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Totally	B-Application
Accurate	I-Application
Battlegrounds	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
1	O
,	O
2018	O
as	O
an	O
April	O
Fool	O
's	O
Day	O
joke	O
,	O
serving	O
as	O
a	O
spin-off	O
of	O
its	O
previous	O
game	O
Totally	B-Application
Accurate	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
Simulator	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Landfall	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
available	O
for	O
free	O
for	O
100	O
hours	O
after	O
its	O
release	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
after	O
which	O
it	O
would	O
cost	O
$5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2020	O
,	O
Landfall	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
slowly	O
begin	O
to	O
develop	O
TABG	B-Application
again	O
,	O
but	O
clarified	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
still	O
working	O
full	O
time	O
on	O
Totally	B-Application
Accurate	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
Simulator	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kotaku	O
felt	O
that	O
Totally	B-Application
Accurate	I-Application
Battlegrounds	I-Application
was	O
both	O
a	O
parody	O
of	O
and	O
homage	O
to	O
the	O
genre	O
,	O
describing	O
the	O
average	O
match	O
as	O
beginning	O
with	O
"	O
madcap	O
rushes	O
of	O
wacky	O
,	O
wavy-arm-flailing	O
players	O
who	O
scramble	O
for	O
weapons	O
or	O
just	O
flat-out	O
slapfight	O
each	O
other	O
to	O
death	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
its	O
"	O
haphazard	O
"	O
combat	O
"	O
manages	O
to	O
make	O
each	O
new	O
encounter	O
feel	O
surprising	O
and	O
high-stakes	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
noted	O
that	O
matchmaking	O
times	O
for	O
games	O
were	O
slow	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
smaller	O
player	O
population	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
Fortnite	B-Application
and	O
PlayerUnknown	B-Application
's	I-Application
Battlegrounds	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
August	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
the	O
18th	O
most	O
popular	O
game	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
with	O
over	O
27,000	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
