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PUBG adds more cosmetic crates, minority of community furious over paid-for Gamescom crate

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds next monthly content patch will take place on Thursday August 3, bringing another host of additional content, including three new sets of loot boxes, which are proving somewhat controversial. Two of the crates, the Wanderer Crate and Survivor Crate, will join the existing Pioneer Crate in the game …

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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds reaches 4th all-time highest concurrent player count on Steam

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has claimed another impressive sounding statistic, as it just achieved a record for the fourth-highest peak player count in Steam’s history. There were 382,561 players charging around the fiction Eastern European wilderness shooting at each other, which put the game 22,000 players above the peak set by Grand …

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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds could yet come to PS4

One of the developers of breakout hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has seemingly left the door open for other console versions of the game. An Xbox port was confirmed at E3 and was described as a console exclusive. Speaking to VG247, however, executive producer Chang Han Kim said: We definitely do have …

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PlayerUnknown’s Batlegrounds sells 4 million copies in three months

Just three months since PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds launched on Steam’s early access program, it’s sold four million copies, Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown’ Greene has revealed on Twitter. The game released on March 23, and since then it’s only improved in popularity, sitting in the top five games live on Twitch and clinging onto …

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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds hits 4m copies sold

A new IP from a previously unknown developer is currently on track to be one of the best selling games of the year. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, which arrived with very little fanfare and virtually no marketing back in late March, has just passed the 4m copies sold barrier. It had initially …

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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is getting an official Zombie mode

The ambitious plans for PC hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds continue to ramp up with confirmation of an all-new zombie mode. Last month a bunch of streamers hit the headlines by customising the game to offer a makeshift zombie mode. Now developer Bluehole has confirmed that the idea has been officially adopted. …

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PUBG confirms Xbox One launch exclusivity for consoles

During Microsoft’s E3 presentation on Sunday, it was confirmed that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds will be coming to the Xbox. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is currently planned as a console exclusive for the Xbox One, although the date is currently unknown. The console port was no big secret, with developer Bluehole mentioning that a …

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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds competition to be held at DreamHack Summer

DreamHack has announced that it has teamed up with BlueHole, the developers of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, to run competitive matches at DreamHack Summer. Anyone who takes their PC along to the massive LAN party will be able to play the game for free during the weekend. Everyday the BlueHole team will …

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PlayerUnknown on why Battlegrounds esports ‘isn’t a priority’ for the team yet, and what’s next

It took PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds just three days on Steam’s Early Access to make $11m. It’s a nearly ridiculous amount of money, and suddenly all eyes are on the game, asking the important questions: what’s next for the game, and when can it be watched as a competitive event? Brendan Greene, …

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Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds’ 2017 Charity Invitation raises over $220,000 for Gamers Outreach

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds 2017 Charity Invitational, the first real competitive event for the phenomenally successful battle royale shooter, has raised a little over $120,000 for charity. Each region had 32 Duo teams competing for a win across three games, with the players with the highest placement across the three rounds in …

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