by on April 18, 2026
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 ...
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by on April 18, 2026
"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." While the details of Project X seem to promise it will be a serious PUBG challenger, it isn't the first game to ape the MMO's success. Both the fort-building co-op sandbox survival game Fortnite and Grand Theft Auto V have received Battle Royale game modes of their own, additions that ...
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by on April 17, 2026
"We’ve had an ongoing relationship with Epic Games throughout PUBG tips|https://pubgplayground.com/’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 If you've never heard of PlayerUnknown's Battlegr...
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by on April 17, 2026
As it turns out, though, fans of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds won't have to wait long - the game's official Twitter account announced that Bluehole Studio would be adding a new weapon to the game in the near future, with a public test server update coming in the next few days. The weapon, a Mini-14, will be available in crates and scattered across the map, so competitive players will want to test the new toy as soon as possible since it could end up becoming a prevalent force in PUBG 's early-t...
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by on April 17, 2026
"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 The new map features a war-ravaged city buried by a sandstorm. If that sounds familiar, that's because it was announced back in May , however this is the first time anyone has been able to se...
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by on April 17, 2026
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 Again, this is no small feat for the development team. The nighttime setting requires plenty of work in its own right, and won't be re...
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by on April 17, 2026
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 drivin...
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by on April 17, 2026
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is currently available in Early Access on PC. You can read 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 In other recent and related news, during an interview the aforementioned Brendan Green it was revealed that the game's developer Bluehole only predicted that it would ship 200 - 300K copies of PlayerUnknown's Battlegro...
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by on April 17, 2026
In a few days, Epic Game's co-op sandbox survival Early Access game, Fornite, will receive a new PvP Battle Royale mode that draws inspiration from Bluehole's __ standalone Battle Royale survival shooter, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, which is the first of its k PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is undoubtedly one of the biggest releases of 2017, coming from nowhere in recent weeks to pass Dota 2 's concurrent Steam user record . Now, Brendan Greene, the man behind the title, has shared some of his...
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by on February 25, 2026
"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 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...
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by on February 24, 2026
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 Let me say that again: Bluehole expected within its first year on the market, PlayerUnknow...
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by on February 24, 2026
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 Again, this is no small feat for the development team. The nighttime setting requires plenty of work in its own right, and won't be ready to go live for some time. Still, it's an intriguing glimpse into the future of the game...
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