Augusta McLaurin

Recently, we learned that PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds ' publisher Bluehole only expected the game to sell a mere 200,000 or 300,000 copies in its first year. The game had been released for only five months when it was announced to have sold more than 10 million copies through Steam Early Access.This information was first spotted by reddit user Defying , when the question was asked whether it was considered acceptable to edit configuration files. In response to the question, Bluehole responded by stating the following: While the changes announced for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds in the latest patch are exciting, fans are still holding out hope for some more news regarding the vaulting mechanic that was hinted at months ago. That feature would drastically alter the way the game is played, and with PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds selling over 10 million copies , there's an argument to make big changes like vaulting as soon as possible - the lower the learning curve the better for a game that has quickly become the premier online multiplayer title of choice for milli When Greene pitched the game to Bluehole, he predicted it would see 1 million units in its first month ( in reality it sold 2 million ). However, while Greene was quite bullish in his predictions -- after all 1 million in one month would have been a great figure -- Bluehole only expected the title to ship 200,000 to 300,000 units in the entirety of its first y Discovered by Reddit user DevinWatson , these items, which range from cosmetics to possible new gameplay mechanics, may find their way into the upcoming PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds update which new modes and maps, and of course, zombies. Some of these items already exist within PUBG , which speaks to the validity of the files and their possible introduction into the playable game. DevinWatson explained as much alongside his posting of the files saying that the items may just be artifacts that were never introduced into the g An online experience like Battlegrounds needs to play well to keep players satisfied. When server lag reared its head earlier this summer, the team at Bluehole stayed up all night until they were able to fix the problem a distribute a pa Bluehole Studio has promised that, alongside the gun and fog additions, there will be FPP leaderboards and a number of bug fixes coming to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds in the update. The full list of changes coming in the new patch have yet to be revealed, but given that the changes are going live on a public test server soon, fans should expect more details shor PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds was scheduled to have its full release this October, but was recently delayed ; however, PlayerUnknown, otherwise known as Brendan Greene, has stated that the game should still be launching by the end of the year. You can read our preview of the game here . The game is available via Steam Early Access for $29.99In case you were wondering, editing a configuration file in your copy of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds could result in getting banned from the game, according to a change that was made on the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds FAQ Link Home Page. The news comes via PLAYERUNKNOWN's (aka Brendan Green, the game's creative director) Twitter account, where it was revealed that today the battle-royale shooter hit 1,342,857 players, healthily beating out Dota 2's previous record-holding figure of 1,295, "A lot of the [internal team], they really couldn’t believe it, " Green said while speaking to Polygon . "There was a few veterans of the game industry that were [saying], like, ‘No, no. 200,000 [or] 300,000 the first year.’ But then when we hit that first million, there were a lot of smiles around the offi What's even more bonkers is that all of this relatively came out of nowhere. No one predicted this. Sure, a new Minecraft or Grand Theft Auto will see mega numbers out the gate. But who could have foreseen the battle royale survival shooter and debut project from developer Bluehole selling 10 million copies (and counting) before it even fully releases? Well, the game's director and designer Brendan Greene sure didn't. And Bluehole even less In less than five months, online battle royale shooter, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has sold more than 10 million copies in Early Access . That's crazy. It also recently surpassed 1 million concurrent players on Steam , a feat no non-Valve game has ever accomplished. Further, it is also close to breaking the all-time concurrent player record currently held by Dota 2 (1,291,328 players). __ That's also cr PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is currently available on PC via Steam Early Access for $29.99 USD. A full release is expected to come sometime in 2018. Further, an Xbox One version (via Xbox Game Preview) is expected to arrive later this y"No, editing any game files to gain an unfair advantage is against the Rules of Conduct. This includes changing any game configuration files to result in changes that cannot be made via the in-game settings menu."