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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 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 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is currently available in Early Access on PC. You can Read More Here 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 The details come via Game Informer who relay that the first map is an island on the Adriatic Sea, which was part of the Yugoslavian territories. It is described as having Mediterranean coasts on the south side, dense forests on the north side, and snowy mountains in the center. The island is 8x8km and will feature a variety of architect 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 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 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 update is relatively small, however a notable highlight is that of a Southeast Asian server. In addition to that, there are also a myriad of bugs that have been fixed. Players will not be able to clip through walls in a certain gas station, they will no longer be able to get out of their vehicles when they are blocked in, sniper scope crosshairs won't become blurry if your game is set to certain settings, vehicle tire tracks will now change immediately depending on what terrain you're driving on, and m 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 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 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 Yesterday , via Twitter, the Creative Director at Bluehole revealed a first look at a new desert map coming to game soon. Back in June , it was announced that the game had sold over four million cop "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 "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 Since its announcement, many have raised concerns regarding the similarities between the mode and PUGB, with some even suggesting that the mode is not so much just inspired by Bluehole's shooter, but is more of a copy and paste eff