Tag Archives: PUBG

Despite the fervour surrounding PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds simmering down compared to its peak, the studio behind the popular battle royale shooter still has many plans for the IP. As the game’s holding company plans to become publicly traded, it was announced that a new game set in the PUBG universe is …

At the 2020 Game Awards, one of the more interesting game announcements was that of The Callisto Protocol. Though not much is known about it, aside from it being a survival horror game from the creator of Dead Space, it has since been revealed that the game is actually set …

In an effort to keep pushing its Game Pass service, Microsoft continually adds new titles to its game subscription service. For the remainder of October, and the first half of November, Microsoft has announced that over a dozen games are set to join the service, including PUBG and Five Nights …

PUBG is finally getting a frame rate upgrade on consoles. Since its initial early access launch on Xbox One, the game has been 30 frames per second across all console platforms. Soon, that will be changing with the addition of a 60fps mode.  Framerate Priority is coming as part of …

When PUBG first launched on consoles, in many instances the game struggled to hit even a solid 30fps. Over time, the team at PUBG Corp have been optimising the game for both PC and consoles, making for a smoother experience overall. Now, in a surprise announcement, those who own a …

Each month, Sony gifts its PlayStation Plus subscribers with two free PS4 games. For the month of September, subscribers can get their hands on the Battle Royale phenomenon that started it all, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, as well as the latest entry in one of the most high profile video game franchises, …

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has officially surpassed 70 million copies sold and to celebrate that milestone, the developers are remastering the Sanhok map with a complete overhaul.  We don’t hear as much about PUBG these days but the game has continued to sell well across PC, Xbox One, PS4 and most recently, …

While discussion and news around PUBG has quietened down a bit in recent, the game is still a huge hit, pulling in hundreds of thousands of concurrent players per day. If you haven’t jumped in for a while, or if you never bought the game to begin with, then this …

While battle royale games have offered a new and unique way for players to compete online, the game often requires a higher concurrent player count. With most battle royale games requiring 100 players per match, waiting times can be much longer than other games, especially as fewer and fewer people …

There was once a time when DOTA 2 held the record for the highest concurrent Steam player count undisputedly. Over the last few years however, it has seen competition from other titles such as PUBG, which broke DOTA 2’s all-time concurrent record of 1.29 million players back in September 2017. …

Although not publicly available yet, patch 6.1 for Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) has already been made available to the test server. The patch details have also been posted, and besides the more common fixes and optimisations that a patch brings, there’s also a new map called Karakin, as well as new …

Earlier this year, PUBG Corp made some interesting moves, setting up two brand new studios to work on projects outside of the main Battle Royale game. One of these studios is headed up by ‘Player Unknown’ himself and while we weren’t expecting their first game announcement so soon, they did …

PlayStation have announced the list of games that will be joining its PS Now subscription service for the month of December. The headlining title is the battle royale game, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. The other titles accompanying it onto the service is F1 2019 and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood. These games will …

There’s another battle royale game besides Fortnite starting a new season, as PUBG is getting ready to drop its 5.1 Update, currently live on the test server. With PUBG’s fourth season ending, the beginning of a new one comes. PUBG Season 5 starts later this month together with the new …

Earlier this year, we learned that PUBG Corp was planning to reach even more players across the world with PUBG Lite, a version of the game aimed at those with less powerful PCs. Similarly to the mobile version of PUBG, this version will be free to play and now, it …

A few weeks ago, we learned that Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown’ Greene would be moving away from PUBG development after five years on the project. The game will continue to be supported but in the meantime, PlayerUnknown himself will be heading up a new division called ‘PUBG Special Projects’. This week, Greene …

For the past five years, Brendan Greene’s life has been about the battle royale genre, initially crafting the ARMA 2 mod, consulting on H1Z1 and eventually creating the highly successful PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Greene has announced that he will be handing over PUBG’s reins, stepping down as the head of PUBG …

It looks like PUBG Corp is looking to expand its reach to more players than ever before. Over the weekend, it came to light that the studio is currently testing a new version of the game called ‘PUBG Lite’, which will target extremely low system requirements and be free to …

Rumours of PUBG’s arrival on PlayStation 4 have been rampant since the battle royale title landed on Xbox One last year, with hopes building once again in August. Fortunately, the wait is almost over as Sony has announced a variety of pre-orders ahead of PUBG’s launch on December 7th. Both …

PUBG may have seen a slight decline on PC but the most recent update could bring some players back in. As part of the game’s 22nd patch, PUBG will be getting a new ranking system, in addition to that, map selection is coming back after bring removed and the game’s …

Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds dominated gaming all throughout 2017 and despite some stiff competition from Fortnite this year, the game has continued to do incredibly well on Steam. Every single day for 365 days straight, PUBG managed to maintain a peak concurrent player count of over 1 million. That streak unfortunately …

Despite strict regulations, China remains the biggest video game market by quite a distance thanks to the country’s large population. Things have suddenly come to a halt in recent months, however, as a government change up hasn’t seen a new game approved for publishing in over four months. Anonymous sources …

Moving on from his endeavours with flamethrowers, Elon Musk has since expressed interest in working with developers to eventually bring original video game content to Tesla vehicles. This has prompted quite the response from prominent figures in the industry, including Jackbox Games, PUBG and Razer. Tesla is launching Version 9.0 …

The battle between Fortnite and PUBG isn’t just happening on PC and consoles, but on mobile too. Both Battle Royale games have been heavily competing for player numbers, and while it looks like PUBG has more downloads than Fortnite on mobile, Epic Games’ is making a lot more money. The …

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is still one of the biggest games in the world, though there is no doubt that players have been turning against the developers over the last few months. This time around, players are accusing PUBG of being an ‘asset flip’ due to the game’s use of pre-made assets …

It looks like fifteen people have been arrested on suspicion of creating and selling cheats for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. PUBG Corp has been ramping up its efforts to combat in-game cheaters over the last few months, with massive ban waves sweeping across the game periodically. Now, things are being taken a …

When PUBG left Early Access back in December, players were greeted with the game’s second map, Miramar. Now, a few months later, the folks at Bluehole are gearing up to launch PUBG’s third map, titled ‘Savage’. The map will be getting a second round of beta testing this week, but …

While most ransomware is designed to squeeze money out of victims, a new ransomware discovered this week simply wants you to play PUBG. This week, the folks at MalwareHunterTeam discovered new ‘PUBG Ransomware’, which does exactly what you would expect it to do- it holds your files hostage until you play …

Although the battle royale genre became a smash hit thanks to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Fortnite Battle Royale, it seems that these titles still haven’t whet the appetite of its fans. This has resulted in an influx of requests for Blizzard’s Overwatch team to attempt its own variant, to which game …

PUBG officially began rolling out to Android and iOS users in the west last week, and while the mobile version is intended to be played using on-screen touch controls, there are ways around that. There are plenty of PUBG Mobile players currently using various devices to run the game on …