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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 …

Since its launch in December, the Xbox One version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has struggled with performance issues. A short while ago, the folks at PUBG Corp began outlining its plan to fix things up, and last night, they took the first step. Patch 11 began rolling out for PUBG on …

Last week, we learned that PUBG for smartphones was finally starting to roll out in the west, after a few months of exclusivity to China. Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds hit the iOS App Store and Android’s Google Play Store in Canada first as a testing ground for servers, and now, the …

A few months ago, the folks at PUBG Corp began rolling out a mobile version of its hit Battle Royale game in China. Now, that same mobile version is finally spreading to the west, starting off with a ‘soft launch’ in Canada. A beta version of PUBG Mobile landed on …

March is coming up fast and some big PC game releases are coming along with it. We’ve got Final Fantasy XV and Warhammer: Vermintide 2 coming up in the next week, and Nvidia is already prepared with a new Game Ready driver update. The latest driver update also brings a …

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 …

We were all impressed when PUBG soared to the top of Steam’s concurrent player charts with 3.2 million players all online at once. However, it looks like Epic’s Fortnite Battle Royale is now giving it some serious competition. Over the weekend, Fortnite managed to hit 3.4 million peak concurrent players, …

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 …

As PUBG has grown in popularity, the number of cheaters has also risen exponentially. Between launch and the end of 2017, 1.5 million players were banned after being caught cheating. This took a huge jump last month, with BattlEye revealing that an additional 1 million bans were handed out in …

Two weeks ago, the folks at PUBG Corp announced that they would be taking down 100,000 cheaters in a single ban-wave. This move was applauded by much of the player base, but the final number of in-game bans in January turned out to be much more impressive. According to BattlEye, …

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 …

It is a well known fact at this point that Microsoft is struggling when it comes to delivering first-party content for PC and Xbox. With that in mind, it wouldn't be crazy to think that the company would be looking into buying out other studios. Several big names have been thrown around this week, with the rumor mill pointing towards PUBG Corp, EA and perhaps the most unlikely, Valve.

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. …

Earlier this week, PUBG received a fairly mundane patch targeting minor bugs and some client-side optimizations. At the time, the developers noted that they were hoping to give us an update on what they’ve been working on soon and it seems that time has arrived quicker than expected. Today, the …

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 …