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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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PUBG creator laments insane amounts of hate developers get

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At this year's Gamelab, creator of PUBG Brendan Greene gave an interview to Vlambeer's Rami Ismail, where they discussed the 'crazy' amount of hate and abuse that developers get. Be advised, you will read some disturbing messages here.

PUBG Season 4 to improve Erangel visuals, add new Survivor Pass

PUBG Corp have announced Season 4 of PUBG, which brings updated Erangel visuals, matchmaking update, Survivor Pass, cooperative mission system and more. It's all in the PC Update 4.1, which is already live on the game's test servers.

Here's how PUBG's Anti-cheat team are battling hacks and exploits

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PUBG. Corp have shared a new video in which they reveal how exactly PUBG's Anti-cheat team are tackling hackers and various in-game exploits. The team use machine learning for algorithms to further improve the anti-cheat measures.

PUBG has been banned in Jordan due to negative effect on players

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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has been banned in Jordan by Telecommunications Regulatory Commission due to having a negative effect on players. PUBG ban is only the start of the huge battle royale ban wave that's will also affect Fortnite.

SuperData: Fortnite revenue back up, PUBG silently sells millions

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SuperData analyst firm published their report on the worldwide digital games market in May 2019, and they found that Fortnite's recent slump is recovering on the back of Season 9, while PUBG keeps raking in dough away from the spotlight.

PUBG update 30 introduces ledge grabbing and Desert Eagle

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PUBG's update are getting better and better it seems. The latest one, update #30, brought a new mechanic to the game via ledge grabbing and Deagle, a popular handgun that can be a nightmare even if you have a level 3 helmet equipped.

North America to overtake China in video game revenue in 2019

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China is known in the gaming industry as the unstoppable behemoth when it comes to total revenue generated for developers and publishers but North America will narrowly take the leading spot in 2019 according to NewZoo's projections.

PUBG's Erangel map is getting visual update and balancing changes

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Erangel, the first PUBG map is getting some visual improvements and balancing changes, the developers have confirmed in the latest blog post. The update arrives today on test servers and it's scheduled for full release later this summer.

PUBG patch changes Vikendi loot cave, adds tactical map markers

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A new major patch is now live on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds test servers on PC. In detailed patch notes, the devs detailed a new set of rebalancing for the snowy map Vikendi along with the introduction of new tactical map markers.

Tencent remove PUBG in China, launch patriotic alternative

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Tencent Holding Ltd officially shut down their test version of PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds in China and replaced it with a similar, patriotic shooter, which, unlike PUBG has regulatory approval to generate revenue from microtransactions.
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