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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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PUBG's new time limited Flare Gun game mode is underway on PC

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PUBG players can enjoy the new time limited game mode, called Flare Gun mode, until 03:00 GMT on 2 April or 19:00 PDT on 1 April 2018. This mode features the new Flare Gun and will be available on everyone's favourite map - Miramar.

PUBG Mobile faces new problems as mouse & keyboard users dominate the game

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There is just something about PUBG and cheating that can't be shaken. While PUBG Corp are fighting a war with the hackers on the game's PC version, PUBG Mobile is facing a different kind of cheating problem - mouse & keyboard configurations

PUBG celebrates birthday with free cosmetics - the Year One SCAR-L

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Having been nothing but a concept up until its Early Access launch on 23 March 2017, PUBG has really come a long way and to mark its first birthday, Brendan Greene and co are giving away PUBG anniversary weapon skins to all who log in.

PUBG might add more region specific servers in the future

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PUBG Corp have announced they are considering reinforcing their ping based matchmaking by adding servers for PUBG that would work for specific regions, and would be invisible others. The announced update also brings weapon skins.

PlayerUnknown talks Fortnite: Battle Royale, says he doesn't want other games to die

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Speaking at the Game Developers Conference recently, Brendan Greene, the man behind the massively popular battle royale title PUBG, reflected on the recent success of Epic's Fortnite and what it all means for the gaming market.

The top per cent best sellers on Steam earned half the Steam's revenue in 2017

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SteamSpy has revealed the top 20 best earners on Steam for 2017. According to the service, they almost earned as much money as the rest of 21000 games on Steam. While not 100 per cent correct, these numbers are the best estimate up to date.

PUBG Event Mode goes live, brings 8 man squads that you can't play with friends

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You want to play PUBG with 7 friends in your squad? Too bad, the game's lobby supports only up to 4 player squads so the remaining 4 in your squad will be randoms. Looks like PUBG Corp continue releasing half finished content.

Last year was Valve's most profitable so far, according to SteamSpy

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Steam saw its most profitable year yet in 2017, according to Sergey Galyonkin, the creator of SteamSpy. He claims that this is in large due to PUBG's massive burst in popularity which contributed to 21 per cent increase in new users.

Fortnite's February revenue outperforms PUBG, Twitch figures pile on more misery

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Epic is coming to get you. It's a scary thought really and now it's perfectly clear why. Namely, Fortnite: Battle Royale has exceeded PUBG's revenue in February by a hefty margin and Twitch figures spell even more trouble for Bluehole.

A new update has landed for PUBG on Xbox One, branded Update 11

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PUBG Corp have deployed a new PUBG patch today bringing new performance optimization, UI quality of life changes, a free cosmetic item, plane population clarification and some bug fixes. Let's dig into it.