Team HIVE · PvP · Lead Generalist
1v1 With Every Gun
Team HIVE’s 1v1 With Every Gun, one of the biggest PvP maps in Fortnite. The Underworld live event was designed end to end, boss fight, environment, and visual identity, peaking at 83,200 concurrent players, alongside a systems redesign for higher player counts and the Balloon Pistol secret weapon.
Peak 117,480 concurrent players · 14.4B minutes played
What I worked on
- Underworld live-event boss fight
- Event environment and visual identity
- Systems redesign for higher player counts
- Stutter elimination and performance passes
- Balloon Pistol secret weapon
Impact
- Designed the Underworld live event: boss fight, environment, visuals
- 83,200 concurrent players at the event peak
More work
David Bakalov, UEFN and Verse developer. © 2026.