According to a recent post on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds ‘ official Steam page, Bluehole Studio made sure to acknowledge its failings during the Event Pass’ availability by referring to all of the problems it encountered, and promised that “these issues will all be taken into consideration during future content planning.” The developer went on to thank players for their patience while working out the issues with the new system, and went on to announce the bonus XP event, saying, “But thanking you for your feedback and promising to improve in the future doesn’t help you finish your current pass, so we’ve decided to run an event to help players scrape out a few more levels before the Event Pass ends on 7/
Over the past year or so, it’s become clear that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has been a huge influence on gaming in general, with its 100-player Battle Royale mechanic leading to games like Fortnite and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 ‘s Battle Royale modes. With the recent release of PUBG ‘s mobile version, the title is even managing to keep some semblance of pace with Fortnite , which eventually blasted past it in terms of Twitch presence on a platform formerly dominated by PUBG Story guide ‘s biggest streamers – but they are looking to change that going forw
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds ‘ downward turn in popularity has happened while Fortnite has ascended into the mainstream. The two games have had a tumultuous relationship since Epic Games launched their Battle Royale mode late last year, and they are now involved in a legal battle with PUBG Corp. over copyright infringement . Over the past several months, Fortnite has seen several gameplay overhauls, had a crossover event with Marvel , and even teased its first vehicle, which has all helped in establishing the game as one of the top titles to
When Epic Games announced the addition of a free to play battle-royal mode to their then burgeoning title Fortnite , comparisons to Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds quickly began to emerge. Since then, the shooter builder survival hybrid has become Battleground’s biggest competitor and now it seems the rivalry has gone to new heights, with PUBG Corp. taking Epic Games to court over the two games similarit
It’s been a slow, but steady, decline for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds ‘ player count this year. By the end of February it had lowered to around 2.8 million, according to Steam Charts . In April, it finally sunk below the two million player mark, and it hasn’t managed to rebound aside from one good weekend in early May. Now, it’s finally below 1.5 million, and the trend continues downw
From the beginning, our first map (Erangel) was a combination of in-house work at our HQ in Korea, some direct purchasing of assets, and outsourced art work from a team based in the American midwest. Basically, a few Americans built the Military Base on Erangel. That went so well that Korea decided to build a proper PUBG Corp. studio in Madison, Wisconsin for an in-house art t
For those who have been out of the loop with the latest on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds , the Event Pass was originally meant to be a way for players to track progress made in-game – in a similar vein to Fortnite ‘s Battle Pass – and earn exclusive loot outside of the standard crate system. While it’s unfortunate that the feature is not working the way Bluehole Studio intended, at least the developer is offering additional XP for players’ troubles. Those interested can find the company’s details for PUBG ‘s bonus XP event be
Of course, it isn’t hard to see why PUBG Corp. and Bluehole are concerned about Fortnite . In the time since its battle-royal mode launched, the game has seen a surge in popularity among both content creators and casual games. The game has seen such success that not only has it beaten the record for most concurrent players previously held by PUBG but it is also now reported to make more money than it
Despite these worrying numbers, PUBG is still an incredibly popular game. In fact, it’s still the most played game on Steam by far, and its concurrent numbers beat out all other titles on Valve’s gaming platform. While stressing that PUBG is far from dead, Bluehole has to be worried about losing such a drastic amount of players in a short amount of time. Losing 50% of active players is a huge deal, even if there’s still millions of people playing the game every
There is no denying that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds _ has been hurt by the success of Epic Games’ _Fortnite , and once players look at the actual numbers, they are pretty damning. Despite popularizing the Battle Royale genre, the shooter game has seen its player count dip by over 50% since the beginning of the year. In January, PUBG managed to peak at over 3.2 million concurrent players. Less than half a year later, and Bluehole’s marquee title is averaging just over 1.4 million users da
As to be expected, many fans of both PUBG and Battlefield responded to the tweet. In particular, many people made jokes about the ongoing lawsuit between PUBG and Fortnite Battle Royale , suggesting that Battlefield developer DICE is about to get sued