Maik Culpepper

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, 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 , Pubgplayground.Com 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 "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 If you've never heard of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds __ before, it's essentially a game where you and a bunch of other players are dropped onto a map and forced to kill each other until only one player, or squad, rema PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is currently available in Early Access form on PC -- via Steam -- for $29.99 USD. A full release is expected in 2018. Further, an Xbox One version (via Xbox Game Preview) is expected to hit sometime later this y 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 A PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds fan has been able to datamine a large number of models that have yet to be seen in the game. These items, including space-suits, syringes , and of course, leather jackets to suit any situat 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 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 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 Yesterday, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds reached a concurrent player count of over 1 million on Steam. It was not so long ago that the game had officially passed Dota 2 in concurrent players , the first non-Valve game to ever claim the title of most played game on the platf Meanwhile, the second map is a bit smaller: coming in at 4x4km. Located in a desert city, the map is described as war ravaged in the streets and buried by sandstorms. The south and east areas feature a canyon with a river running through it, which supports the small villages that remain after the city was destroyed. The north area of the map features hillside sl Let me say that again: Bluehole expected within its first year on the market, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds would ship at best 300,000 units. It has already sold 10 million in less than six months. Again, 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 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 A screenshot showed that the new gun will be the Mini-14, a semi-automatic rifle. It's unconfirmed whether or not the gun will be exclusive to care packages like some of the other weapons that have been brought into the ga A record many thought unbreakable: has been broken. That's right Dota 2's record for the most concurrent players on Steam has been broken by PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. A non-Valve game. A game not even out of Early Acc