“We’ve had an ongoing relationship with Epic Games throughout PUBG’s development as they are the creators of UE4, the engine we licensed for the game,” said Chang Han Kim, Vice President and Executive Producer for Bluehole, Inc. “After listening to the growing feedback from our community and reviewing the gameplay for ourselves, we are concerned that Fortnite may be replicating the experience for which PUBG is kno
Currently in the works at studio Automation in the United Kingdom, Project X includes a last-man standing player-versus-player “sport” mode that allows up to 400 players to compete at a time, which is where comparisons to the well-loved PUBG will undoubtedly be made. But the enigmatic game is much more than just one hoping to trump one of this year’s biggest games. It actually offers up to 1,000 concurrent players to battle in a single world on a staggeringly large 12km by 12km
Recently, the incredibly popular multiplayer shooter, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds set the record for most concurrent users on Steam , breaking the streak of the Valve-developed game, Dota 2 . At the time, the Early Access title hit 1,342,857 players, while the MOBA reached 1,295,114. Well, it seems that count is still climbing and has now reached 1,523,179 million concurrent us
The new patch will also add a foggy weather mechanic to the game, which will make environmental awareness even more crucial for top tier play while also improving the game’s overall aesthetic presentation. The foggy weather mechanic was partially unveiled on Twitter yesterday to celebrate PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds concurrent users triumph on Steam recently, which saw the game surpass Dota 2 on its way to one million concurrent us
Additionally, on PLAYERUNKNOWN’s Twitter account, one of three new vehicles coming to the new shooter have been revealed, which is a new van. The screenshot of the Volkswagen-inspired van can be seen in the tweet be
In a few days, Epic Game’s co-op sandbox survival Early Access game, Fornite, will receive a new PvP Battle Royale mode that draws inspiration from Bluehole’s __ standalone Battle Royale survival shooter, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, which is the first of its k
The screenshots, which you can check out below, are just a teaser for the game’s next big update. Patch notes for this update will be released tomorrow. The screenshots themselves show how foggy weather will impact vision in forests, fields, and in city stre
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is currently available in Early Access on PC. You can read up on the game’s popularity, including how the game surpassed Dota 2 in concurrent players on Steam, here . You can also check out some screenshots of the game’s newest weapon, the Mini-14, he
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is currently in Early Access and available for PC through Steam for $29.99. The game is set to launch in 2018. An Xbox One version will be available sometime this year through its Game Preview program. Although developer Bluehole Studios only expected the title to ship only 200,000 to 300,000 units , it substantially surpassed those numbers and has sold over 10 million copies since debut
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has been getting a lot of coverage lately, and rightly so. Besides being one of the most popular games on Steam , PUBG will launch on concoles first on Xbox One , and has a new gun on the way. Today, several screenshots showing off the game’s upcoming foggy weather mechanic were released and they the impact it’s going to have isn’t hard to
The addition of the fog should strike fear, or excitement, into the hearts of players (depending which side of the gun you’re on), especially in first-person-only servers. Though when the fog rolls through it may be even harder to decipher where those silenced SKS shots are coming f
While the details of Project X seem to promise it will be a serious PUBG challenger, it isn’t the first game to ape the MMO’s success. Both the fort-building co-op sandbox survival game Fortnite and Grand Theft Auto V have received Battle Royale game modes of their own, additions that were likely motivated by the news of PUBG crossing more than 10 million sales while still in early acc
“We have also noticed that Epic Games references PUBG in the promotion of Fortnite to their community and in communications with the press. This was never discussed with us and we don’t feel that it’s rig
The question now is: where does PUGB go from here? Well, when you consider that it only broke the 1 million concurrent player threshold less than eight days ago, which means it grew a very healthy 35% since, it could and should continue to rise. Which poses another question: where does it peak? 1,500,000 seems doable. 2,000,000? Maybe? Who knows. Only time will t
