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PUBG Corp has placed a great amount of effort into its latest anti-cheat methods in an attempt to quell the waves of hackers spoiling PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds for the general community. Unfortunately, a bug had caused the new measures to run a little bit haywire, banning legitimate players in the process. …

PUBG Corp is testing out new ways to stop those pesky hands from blocking headshots in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Later this week, the developer will be launching the test servers once again, trialling bullet penetration and new in-game social features. Players of PUBG will soon see an overhaul to the in-game …

While development might have slowed for certain features of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds in favour of putting a stop to cheaters, it seems that loot crates are entirely unaffected. PUBG Corp has revealed that it has two new cosmetic crates lined up for testing today: The Militia Crate and the Fever Crate. …

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is a standout title for many reasons, one of which is it progressing rather quickly on development and being one of the few successful Early Access titles to make it out unscathed. It seems that development has been slowing, however, as PUBG Corp states that the effort to …

Since its Game Preview launch on Xbox One, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has been receiving updates almost every week. Update 9 has been noticeably absent for over two weeks now, and it seems that the developers might have a good reason as to why. While the delay itself is mostly due to …

Update: It seems that false reports have been circulating the internet claiming that BattlEye released data showing 99 percent of hackers on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds were from the Chinese region. The anti-cheat firm has gone on to confirm that it has said no such thing and that the information has perhaps …

A brand new update for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds on the Xbox One has landed, as Update 8 brings the return of increased vehicle damage and a wave of bug fixes. Unfortunately for some fans, the more game breaking bug that results in players being kicked to their dashboard isn’t a part …

The war between PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and its rampant cheaters is very much under way, with developers PUBG Corp beginning to single out third-party applications including, but not limited to ReShade. Now it has Steam family sharing in its crosshairs due to “a number of vulnerabilities that are being exploited.” Its …

PUBG Corp. is currently hard at work, testing its new anti-cheat measures on the test server for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. While the primary aim is to get rid of the host of new cheats that wormed their way into the game this year, it will also target third-party apps that alter …

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds launched its second map when it fully launched last month, but not everyone seems happy regarding its inclusion. Some players have gone as far as deleting game files and crafting programs to forgo the map entirely, prompting PUBG Corp to make Miramar more interesting. Publisher Bluehole has noticed …

It seems the Xbox One version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is following in the footsteps of its PC counterpart in hitting milestones in record time. As the title hits 4 million players on console, adjustments are being made to the PC version as the game’s latest patch switches up the spawn …

It seemed like a glimmer of hope for PUBG players last week, when the publisher announced a massive ban wave of 100,000 strong. This action was a result of a new pattern of cheats, giving illegitimate players the ability to instantly revive downed teammates and heal themselves, and now it's …

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds controversially started its stint in esports while it was still in Early Access with its ESL backed Invitational at Gamescom. Now it has fully released on PC, Bluehole has big plans to expand its footing in the competitive scene, with its latest season yielding $50,000 in prize money. …

It looks like PUBG is already a huge success on console. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds was by far the biggest game of 2017 on PC and now it is beginning to dominate on consoles too, having sold three million copies on Xbox One since launching on the 12th of December. PUBG launched …

Today, PUBG Corp. took to the Steam Community forums to issue an apology over a bug that caused people to lose out on Battle Points, the game’s in-game currency system. While players are to be compensated for their loss, it seems that the more pressing issue is cheating and region …

PlayerUnknown’s Battleground’s second major post-release update is currently live on the test servers, bringing with it changes to how PUBG Corp handles cheating, performance and balance tweaks. PUBG is also expanding its loot crates as well as possibly adding in a new type of microtransaction, but in a bid to …

It’s fair to say that 2017 is the year of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, as we’ve watched the title grow from alpha to full release.  It seems to be capping off the year on a high, as the title has managed to top 3 million concurrent players on Steam. PUBG’s rise to …

With PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds being just over two weeks old, Microsoft is understandably marketing it as much as possible. One of its latest ads, however, seems to have stolen another artist's concept art in a rather obvious way. In a tweet that has since been deleted, Microsoft posted an image of …

It’s official, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has reached its full release on PC with a brand new Nvidia-optimised driver to boot. This is “not the end to anything,” according to the CEO of PUBG Corp. as more is promised throughout 2018. Talking to PC Gamer, CEO of PUBG Corp. CH Kim has …

Since its release for Xbox One, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has experienced numerous issues, including frame drops, textures not loading and plenty of glitches to go around. Today, PUBG Corp. has issues its first patch, and sitting at 4.7GB, it contains plenty of fixes. “We are glad players are enjoying PUBG in …

It’s a busy time of year for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, as the game has launched in Early Access on Xbox One and approaches its full launch on PC this Wednesday. In a surprise announcement, PUBG Corp. revealed that players will be able to enjoy the much requested 3D replay and killcam …

Since PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has taken the battle royale formula and turned it into a fully-fledged genre, many copies and adaptations have sprung up, one of which has caused much upset throughout developer Bluehole. In turn, PUBG creator has spoken out about copyright in the games industry and the lack of …

Yesterday PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds received its Xbox One ‘Game Preview' launch just ahead of the PC's exit from Early Access. The console launch was set to be a big deal for Microsoft's machine, after all, PUBG has been the biggest game on PC all year long and opening it up to …

It's been a big weekend for PUBG after announcing its release date for PC at The Game Awards and proceeding to win the award for Best Multiplayer Game, beating out Destiny 2, Call of Duty: WWII and others. What it also seemed to do was introduce crotch definition where there …

It seems that Microsoft is generating excitement for its exclusive deal to launch PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds on its Xbox One next week. The publisher has plans to mimic PUBG’s iconic supply drops by placing three real-life crates across the cities of Australia. One crate will each be placed in Sydney, Melbourne …

After plenty of teases and screenshot reveals, today Bluehole finally named PUBG's upcoming desert map and revealed key details about its various locations. The desert map is now called ‘Miramar' and it contains two major city locations ‘Los Leones' and ‘El Pozo'. In Los Leones, players will encounter the largest …

Last week, it was revealed that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds finally got given the thumbs up to release in China via Tencent, providing that the title is modified to comply with content regulations. It seems that the tech giant had a lot of faith in its ability to push the product in …

Update (6/12/17): The official unveiling of the new desert map has now revealed it will be titled ‘Miramar' instead of Valle Coronado as the below datamine originally suggested. Along with the title, Bluehole also gave further details regarding what to expect from Miramar in the form of six new screenshots, …

Originally being shot down, Tencent never gave up its perusal of launching official Chinese servers for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. It seems that the ongoing battle between the publisher and Chinese watchdogs has come to an end, with Tencent securing the rights to officially launch PUBG in the country after all. The …

PUBG’s upcoming desert map has received a lot of attention as of late, with creator Brendan Greene sharing four new images of what to expect and dataminers uncovering the Mad Max-esque names of specific areas. Nvidia is now following up with another five screenshots, previously unseen before today. Yet again, …