PUBG Corporation - Page 11

PUBG Corporation NEWS - Page 11

PUBG Mobile adds Sanhok, hits 20m players

Even though Tencent hasn't had the smoothest of rides as of late, PUBG Mobile most certainly has and as PUBG dipped below one million concurrent players for the first time in 12 months, its little brother hit 20 million players. Ouch.

SEPTEMBER 13

PUBG mucks up record just one day later

It was only yesterday that PUBG Corp and Steam proudly announced that PUBG is the first Steam game to have maintained 1 million concurrent players for an entire year. Ironically enough, one day later and Greene and Co drop the ball.

SEPTEMBER 11

PUBG breaks yet another Steam record

No, it's not for the longest ignored community in the world - PUBG is actually the first game to boast no less than one million concurrent players for the duration of an entire year, a feat which the company "started" in September 2017.

SEPTEMBER 10

PUBG gets Silent but Deadly sniper mode

PUBG's Silent and Violent mode is live and just in case you were wondering, it has nothing to do with flatulence, at least not directly. The mode gives everyone a "fully loaded out VSS" and lets squads duke it out all across Sanhok.

SEPTEMBER 7

PUBG's video Road to Xbox One hints at PS4

Although we're talking about less than a second long hint, the latest video depicting PUBG Corp's historical struggles in bringing PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds to Xbox One may have announced that PUBG's finally coming to PlayStation 4.

AUGUST 27

PUBG will be getting a Training Mode

Even though requests for a shooting range in PUBG have arguably been drowned out by other requests as of late, PUBG Corp have revealed that the Training Mode is well in development and they've even shared some pretty promising screenshots.

AUGUST 23

PUBG Mobile hits 100 million downloads

Tencent and PUBG Corp announced that PUBG's "little" mobile brother has managed to rack up 100 million downloads since it launched on 19 March 2018, which is quite impressive considering that this doesn't include China, Japan and Korea.

AUGUST 17

Gameplay footage from PUBG's new map

Closed testing for PUBG's upcoming 4x4 kilometer map, Codename: Savage has started and new bits of gameplay are coming through. PUBG Corp have already said this is an early test, and the map is obviously unfinished, as seen in the video.

AUGUST 16

PUBG Mobile gets a taste of promo esports

Bluehole will host the first e-sport events for PUBG Mobile, an invitational named Player Well Known as well as a championship series. The invitational is starting sooner than one might expect, running on 17 and 18 August 2018 at 20:00 PDT.

AUGUST 16

PUBG's PGI tournament was a success

At the time when Epic's Fortnite: Battle Royale seems to be stealing all the headlines, it's easy to assume that PUBG is down and out but make no mistake - Brendan Greene's game is still a monster and one of the most popular games around.

AUGUST 11

PUBG is getting War Mode: Dodgebomb

PUBG Corp have decided to up the badaboom factor in PUBG by announcing a war mode event called Dodgebomb. As you can deduce from the name itself, it's a very grenade-happy mode that will take place on Erangel and last about three days.

AUGUST 9

Bluehole open Fix PUBG website with fix info

Bluehole are apparently fed up with players simply stating "fix PUBG" so they launched a site literally called "Fix PUBG" where players can go after being frustrated with broken bits of the game and read how and when they might be fixed.

AUGUST 8

PUBG's test servers to stay open until PC 1.0

PUBG's Twitter account posted an announcement saying that the game's test servers will not close until PC 1.0 comes out on live servers. The new desert map was shown at The Game Awards 2017. Miramar the only map available on test servers.

AUGUST 5

Miramar - the new PUBG desert map revealed

PUBG's desert map is called Miramar. The PUBG Development and Community Team wrote a short post on Steam explaining idea behind the map. To celebrate PUBG's launch on Xbox One, Australia will have three real life loot crates for the fans.

AUGUST 5

Dr DisRespect and Shroud PUBG skins leaked

Skin Tracker team has leaked files for a pile of upcoming PUBG skins, outfits and other assets, including the Dr DisRespect and Shroud weapon skins. These skins feature the popular streamers' colour schemes as well as their logos.

AUGUST 5

PUBG's new event mode is Sanhok Forty-Five

Bluehole and PUBG Corp have announced a new time limited event mode named Sanhok Forty-Fivers just as it commenced on live servers. It will last until 05 August 2018 19:00 PDT for the Americas or 06 August 2018 04:00 CEST for Europe.

AUGUST 2

PUBG gets an update with limb penetration

Bluehole and PUBG Corp have rolled out a major update for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, bringing limb penetration system that was announced a while ago, along with optimization and some additional improvements to the original map, Erangel.

AUGUST 1

PUBG may be abandoning future Event Passes

PUBG might ditch Event Pass feature in the future as the first iteration was left hungry for success. Recently a representative from PUBG Corp hinted that Event Pass' future in the game is uncertain after a lukewarm community reception.

JULY 30

Greene: cheating in PUBG is "very low"

Okay, we're not sure whether PUBG Corp locked away Brendan Greene and fed him info on some other PUBG but the man has actually said that once you get down to numbers, cheating in PUBG is in fact "very low". So I guess we're all blind then.

JULY 27

PUBG Mobile hits $30m in total revenue

The better side of PUBG Corp, those working on PUBG Mobile, have got a lot to pat themselves over the back for, as analysts showed that Tencent's game has tripled its overall revenue and average spending since Royale Pass was implemented.

JULY 25

PUBG Global Invitational kicks off in Germany

PUBG's esports tournament, the PUBG Global Invitational, has kicked off today in the Mercedes Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany, where 20 teams will be competing for the saucy $2 million prize pool. PUBG Corp is celebrating with a skin. Sigh.

JULY 25

PUBG Mobile gets War Mode and achievements

Tencent and PUBG Corp have announced a new update to PUBG Mobile which adds War Mode, clans, achievements, more skins of course and SLR to the game. At this point it seems PUBG Mobile is getting more love than the PC and Xbox One versions.

JULY 25

PUBG's PGI Charity Showdown has $1m prize

Alongside the PUBG Global Invitational, or PGI in short, Brendan Greene and Co are preparing a Charity Showdown event as well, with streamers like Shroud, Ninja and DrDisRespect joining some pros in competing for a $1 million prize pool.

JULY 20

PUBG update adds new Sanhok weapon, vehicle

Brendan Greene and Co have deployed PUBG patch #18 to test servers, featuring a new Sanhok-exclusive designated marksman rifle, new pickup truck Rony, newly added custom matches for everyone and several bug fixes to go with the update.

JULY 17