Brendan Greene, the creator of the massively popular PUBG franchise, has announced that he is leaving Krafton Inc. He now plans to launch his own game development studio that will be called Playerunknown Productions.

For those unaware, Playerunknown was Greene’s nickname in the gaming community and is the reason as to why the battle royale game is dubbed PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Now, he plans to take this name forward with his own studio in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Notably, Krafton will hold a minority stake in this new venture. The new ‘PLAYERUNKNOWN Production’ will develop games around massively multiplayer open world games that have a large scale, which isn’t surprising due to his expertise in the battle royale genre.

Brendan said in a statement that “I’m so very grateful to everyone at PUBG and KRAFTON for taking a chance on me and for the opportunities they afforded me over the past four years. Today, I’m excited to take the next step on my journey to create the kind of experience I’ve envisioned for years. Again, I’m thankful for everyone at KRAFTON  for supporting my plans, and I’ll have more to reveal about our project at a later date.”

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