PUBG Devs Explains Comments About Epic Games' Fortnite Battle Royale Mode

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds released on Steam in March as an early access game. Since then, it has received regular updates to include fixes, new weapons, new game modes, and new features. One thing many players were not expecting to see while the game was in early access was microtransactions, as the game's FAQ had said there would be microtransactions "only after Early Access." The new crate and key system was announced July 25 in connection to a tournament the game will hosting at gamescom in late Aug


Ascent: Infinite Realm will be published by Kakao Games, publisher of Black Desert Online , another MMORPG. Bluehole has yet to announce a release date, but signs point to a closed beta beginning in the first half of 2018. And given PUBG's extended period of early-access (and how well it has worked out for the game), there's reason to believe that Bluehole will take its time with formally launching **Ascent: Infinite Realm ** . The game will be shown off at the upcoming G-Star 2017 trade show in Busan, South Korea, which is set to take place from November 16 - 19. Expect more information t


Ascent: Infinite Realm's site also lists the character classes that the game will offer: Sorceress, mystic, warlord, assassin, and gunslinger. They appear to fit into traditional RPG archetypes of mage, healer, warrior, thief/rogue, and hunter/marksman, respectively. Given how unconventional the rest of the game seems to be, it's a bit surprising to see rather conventional options in the character creation department. Perhaps the future reveal of subclasses (each class will have two of them) will deepen and diversify gameplay opti


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It seems that the comparisons have not gone unnoticed by the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds ' ( PUBG ) team either, as today, developer Bluehole sent out a press release criticizing Epic Games over its Fortnite update. Bluehole vice president Chang Han Kim says, "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 money guide is known." Kim also reveals that Bluehole has had "an ongoing relationship with Epic Games throughout PUBG ’s development as they are the creators of [Unreal Engine 4], the engine we licensed for the ga


However, given the staggering popularity of Battlegrounds in spite of its early access state, the inclusion of microtransactions makes sense. As Greene says, it needs to be tested like anything else to ensure it works properly when the game leaves early access. And with the millions of fans already in the game , there are undoubtedly those who want to start customizing their character right


PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has been pulling in gamers in droves, but the recent announcement of loot crates that required players to spend actual money to unlock them had some fans in an uproar. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds ' creator, Brendan Greene, took a moment to explain the decision to include microtransactions at this stage in development in his Month 4 Update announcement on st


Responding to the fan backlash, Greene said in his announcement, "While our intention was and still is to add the full feature to the game when we move into actual release, we do need to test it prior to launch and at Early Access so that it is stable and ready to be fully introduced to our community." He also stressed that the microtransactions were "purely optional," so players who aren't interested in spending more money on the game don't have


What most fans seem to agree on, though, is that they would like both games to coexist peacefully. They may include battle royale gameplay, but that doesn't mean that there can only be one victor once this dispute is sett


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While fans may have been expecting microtransactions to come only after the complete release of the game because of Battlegrounds' FAQ, its early inclusion should not harm the game. Since the system is optional and cosmetic, players who opt in and opt out will remain on an even footing, and gamers looking to spice up their look have an opportunity to do so earlier than they might have otherwise. Of course, players won't see their own cosmetics too much if they jump in the upcoming first-person only serve