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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG ) is an online multiplayer battle royale game. Each game consists of up to a hundred players who fight each other in order to remain the last man alive.
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A group of vigilante hackers are hunting other PUBG hackers

Player is calling for a supply drop with a flare gun.
When every anti-hacking attempt by PUBG Corp and Bluehole fails, hackers rise up to the occasion. Such is the case with Asian servers where one group of hackers is specifically hunting down other hackers, leaving regular players alone.

PUBG is charging up to $25 for Harley Quinn and Joker skins

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If you want to play as Harley Quinn in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds it will cost you $25, and for the arguably worst version of Joker ever you'll have to pay $18 it's been revealed as PUBG crossover with DC Comics has now gone live.

PUBG goes free for a limited time on Xbox One, PS4 incoming?

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If you've been looking to get into PUBG on Xbox One then we've got good news - Microsoft and PUBG Corp have made Playerunknown's Battlegrounds free to download and keep, although we're not sure for how long so you may want to hurry.

PUBG PS4 release could happen by the end of the year

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Two promotional pictures of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds have been revealed by a member of PSNProfiles forum along with ID codes of the game. The information comes just a month before the one year anniversary of PUBG's Xbox One release.

PUBG Corp drop the ball again as they ban players for AMD GPUs

Player is walking through a swamp in PUBG while looking for enemies
Several users of AMD GPUs have reported that they have been banned from PUBG even though they didn't use cheats. Initially, no one knew what the cause could be, but PUBG Corp confirmed that the issues were resolved and it's safe to log in.

PUBG Corp break the game again, offer in-game gifts to appease

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In spite of PUBG Corp recently starting their Fix PUBG campaign, which couldn't be more ridiculous if it tried, there's been surprisingly little progress and the latest developments oh so painfully show it. We will get skins though.

PUBG's PC update adds new weapon and War Mode: Conquest

Skorpion, PUBG's new weapon added in PC Update #23
PUBG Corp have rolled out the PC update #23 to the test servers, adding among other things a brand new weapon called the Skorpion and a new War Mode: Conquest, which pits platoons of 50 against one another in a fight for objectives.

PUBG's new anti-cheat system will ban hackers' hardware

Player is walking through a swamp in PUBG while looking for enemies
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has been suffering from a serious hacker infestation for a year now and it seems like pest control is only waking up now. Apparently, the newly announced anti-cheat system will ban users' hardware permanently.

PUBG Corp and StarLadder to partner up for a PUBG pro league

Some person is running around in a red shirt with a gun in her hand
PUBG may not still be eSports ready but that's not going to stop PUBG Corp and StarLadder from kicking off additional professional eSports leagues. The new league will be called PUBG Europe League and is set to commence in January 2019.

Over 13 million cheaters have been banned from PUBG so far

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PUBG Corp appear to have been more transparent with their Korean players as they kept posting the numbers of banned accounts since 16 June 2017. With great cheater numbers come great ban numbers, totaling at over 13 million so far.