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PUBG is Bringing Back its Iconic Erangel Map for Two Whole Weeks, Starting Next Month

Anubhav — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 01:52:41 +0000

PUBG: Battlegrounds is getting nostalgic! The game that started the battle royale craze is bringing back its original map, Erangel, for a two-week run in May and June.

The old map fused with new mechanics will keep the game interesting.

Erangel Classic aims to recreate the early days of PUBG. Expect the original map layout, graphics, atmosphere, and even the user interface. But don’t worry, veterans – Krafton (who bought PUBG) promises “modern tweaks” to keep gameplay smooth. Think of it like a classic game remake – capturing the original feel with some quality-of-life improvements.

This trip down memory lane is likely inspired by Fortnite’s successful return of its original map last year. Erangel Classic will double down on nostalgia with foggy weather, bench weapons on the starting island (get ready to fight for loot!), and lower weapon recoil mimicking the original experience. You’ll even find the Tommy Gun back in care packages, and a vintage UI with a “charmingly tacky” look.

The good news for multi-platform players? The rollout is staggered! Play Erangel Classic on PC from May 14th to May 28th, then on consoles from May 23rd to June 6th. During this time, the modern Erangel map will be unavailable. Keep an eye out for the May 14th patch notes for all the Erangel Classic details.

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PUBG Mobile Celebrates its 5th Anniversary with New Bugatti Collection

Sean — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:41:32 +0000

Following rumors of a special collaboration with a luxury car brand, PUBG has officially announced that it will be partnering up with Bugatti to bring a new collection to its PUBG Mobile app to celebrate its 5th year anniversary.

The mobile port of the popular battle royale title is collaborating with known the luxury automobile maker to bring a brand new Bugatti collection. As of right now, the company has just teased the upcoming collaboration that will roll out with the PUBG Mobile 2.5 update. So, finer details regarding the update is still unclear but considering that PUBG Mobile is known for its impressive collaboration, we can expect to see some great collection of the supercars.

As per the official Tencent announcement, the Bugatti partnership will be dropping soon and players will soon get to try their “hands on a masterpiece, starting March 17th”. This collection ships with the global release of update 2.5 version. So as of right now, the studio has only shared a single image to tease this highly anticipated collaboration. Furthermore, the mobile game will also be bringing a new game mode called ‘Wonder of Wonder’.

In this new game mode, we will see various new maps to provide a refreshed gameplay experience to the fans. The 5th anniversary also brings special anniversary theme gameplay dubbed Imagiversary that will be available on 18th March 2023. This mode will include a backpack that comes with a unique item that is known as a ‘supply converter’ that lets you make new supplies by converting two of them together.

PUBG Creator quits Krafton to launch his own gaming studio

Sean — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 11:48:50 +0000

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.”

PUBG is free-to-play for a week; officially changes name to PUBG: Battlegrounds

Jeet — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 23:33:12 +0000

The popular Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds, widely known as PUBG, is going free-to-play for a week. Not just that, the game is also receiving a name change. While the reason behind this has not been revealed by the company, it is being speculated the company is doing this to gauge player interest for turning this into a completely free-to-play game.

The free-to-play week has now been commenced, starting on August 10, and is going to run until August 16. This also coincides with Kpop mega-group Blackpink’s crossover content launching in the game, with decals on the airship and buildings.

Krafton, the studio that makes the PUBG game is even giving players some rewards for trying the game out during this promotion. As for the name change, Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds will be known as “PUBG: Battlegrounds” going forward, which means the full name of the game is now officially Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds: Battlegrounds.

During this free-play week, rewards can be collected normally and the company has confirmed that mission progress and gameplay statistics will be recorded and put toward achievement progress if players wind up buying the full game.

It’s noteworthy that the promotion is only available on Steam, which means console players will not have access to it. Last month, PUBG got bigger with the launch of a new Taego map which is around 18km by 18km. This is the biggest map in the game for a fair few years, and giving players a vast new area to explore.

PUBG might be going Free to play soon: Rumor

Sean — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 07:14:15 +0000

A new rumor has suggested that PUBG or PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds might be going free to play in the near future. The title is one of the most popular battle royale game in the PC gaming market and is apparently seeking to be accessible to everyone soon.

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PUBG wants to go free-to-play.

They’re going to track player responses in a F2P week that’s happening next month.

Keep in mind, PUBG originally wanted to go F2P in 2019; but didn’t get the player response they wanted att from 2019’s F2P test.

— PlayerIGN (@PlayerIGN) July 24, 2021

The news arrives from a tweet from PlayerIGN, who stated that the game will become free to play in the future. As per the dataminer, the decision to go free to play, however, will be largely based on the reception of its current playerbase. In other words, the studio behind PUBG will track the player’s response in a free to play week that is reportedly set to arrive sometime next month. So, the game could go free depending on whether there is an influx of new players and that the existing players react positively to the change.

Notably, PlayerIGN also added that PUBG had aimed on becoming free to play back in 2019. Although, the studio did not receive the player response that they had wanted back during the free to play test run in 2019, so this decision was scrapped. Keep in mind that this is still an unconfirmed report so take it with a pinch of salt and stay tuned for more updates. Also, let us know in the comments section down below what you feel about the game possibly going free to play.

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Indian boy, 16, dies after playing PUBG continuously for several days

Jed John Ikoba — Sun, 16 Aug 2020 15:31:04 +0000

There has been a rise in cases of gaming addiction especially among teenager and that is a cause for concern. In India, a 16-year-old boy has reportedly lost his life after continuously playing PUBG for several days, skipping meals and did not even drink water.

The report carried by IndiaTV stated that the boy who resides in Andhra Pradesh developed severe dehydration due to the fact that he wasn’t taking food and water. When the family got to know after he fell sick, he was rushed to a private hospital in the city of Eluru. The boy further developed severe diarrhoea and had to undergo a surgical operation. Unfortunately, he didn’t make it through the surgery.

PUBG or PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is one of the most popular Battle Royale games around the globe. The game is available for mobile phones, Xbox console as well as for Windows PC. The game, just like any other game can be addictive if caution isn’t exercised. The addiction is common among teenage players.

A case of PUBG related addiction death was recorded in India in January this year. The deceased was a 25-year-old man named Harshal Memane who died after suffering a brain stroke due to prolonged PUBG mobile gameplay. The Pune based man complained about not being able to move his right arm and leg while playing the game. It was diagnosed at a nearby hospital where he was rushed to that he suffered from intracerebral haemorrhage. Sadly, he didn’t recover from it and died moments later.

In China, gaming addiction and its attendant health challenges have made the government institute several restrictions, especially for online gaming. Measures such as facial recognition, real name verification to detect underage gamers and game time restrictions have been put in place. That may happen in India soon if such an alarming trend continues.

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