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Despite these worrying numbers, PUBG is still an incredibly popular game. In fact, it’s still the most played game on Steam by far, and its concurrent numbers beat out all other titles on Valve’s gaming platform. While stressing that PUBG is far from dead, Bluehole has to be worried about losing such a drastic amount of players in a short amount of time. Losing 50% of active players is a huge deal, even if there’s still millions of people playing the game every <\/p>\n

There are a few key factors that have contributed to the loss of all those players. A big one is that PUBG ‘s key competitor, Fortnite , is a free-to-play game. Therefore, if more casual gamers are trying to get into the Battle Royale scene with friends, it’s a much easier to start playing Fortnite than it is to play **PUBG ** , and it helps that Fortnite is practically on every major platform out there. Players have also lost trust in Bluehole over loot box concerns, as they sell keys to unlock the loot boxes for real money (which can then be sold on the Steam market afterwards). Add to the fact that quality improvements have been slow in development, whereas Fortnite gets special events and sizable overhauls practically every w<\/p>\n

In a community announcement on Steam , PUBG revealed what makes Sanhok different to its larger rivals and what gamers can expect when they explore the dense jungles and forgotten temples of Southeast Asia. A big draw is the fact that loot will spawn more frequently than on the Erangel and Mirimar maps and there is a brand new weapon fighting the SCAR-L rifle for fan-favorite status. New to Sanhok is the QBZ95, an assault rifle with 5.56mm rounds that can hold up to 40 rounds. That isn’t all that’s new with the latest update tho<\/p>\n

Although **PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds ** is still trailing Fortnite in terms of players, Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown’ Greene is still pushing forward with Sanhok and hopes to keep cashing in on the seemingly never-ending battle royale hype. Players are now subject to gambling-style loot boxes, real-money purchases for things like parachutes or on the Xbox One version, certain cosmetics, real-money purchases for season pass, all on top of the retail price for the game which still doesn’t run too smoothly. That su<\/p>\n

It’s quite likely that these promotional tactics are one of the issues that Bluehole has against Fortnite as several other battle royale games in the vein of PlayerUnknown’s Battleground have been released without any legal ramifications. Considering how ownership over a genre is such a murky idea, and the fact that PUBG , while innovating and popularizing the battle royale sub-genre, is not the first game with such a survival mode, it’s likely that the lawsuit will be settled over the small details. Bluehole has also complained about user interface similarities and that their weapons were cop<\/p>\n

Developers rightfully urged players not to seek out cheating programs from dubious sources, as they could contain harmful software like this and compromise not only the game’s integrity and security but that of the user’s computer, compromising personal information like credit card numbers, banking information, passwords and emails. It’s really not a hard thing to do, so readers, please always be wary of the things you download…and also don’t cheat. That’s <\/p>\n

With Sanhok’s smaller scale, matches are expected to be quicker and a dynamic weather system promises to cause trouble as PUBG whittles its 100 players down to one lucky winner. Sanhok has already been live on the test servers through four testing periods, but the time has come for Pubgstation.Com<\/a> its general release as developers promise yet more changes to what the test gamers have already s<\/p>\n

“Pretty sure some of the later missions give more XP. Gonna go check and update this comment once I\u2019m sure (will probably take a while because it’s 4am in Korea). If you couldn\u2019t actually get to level 20 then that\u2019d be dumb and we\u2019d change<\/p>\n

The Korea Times reported PUBG filed an injunction with the Seoul Central District Court against Epic Games Korea for alleged copyright infringement on Friday. Details are currently scarce on the PUBG – Fortnite lawsuit, but past statements from Bluehole allude to the alleged copyright violation. ” We have also noticed that Epic Games references PUBG in the promotion of Fortnite to their community and in communications with the press, ” wrote Chang Han Kim back in September of 2017. ” This was never discussed with us and we don’t feel that it’s righ<\/p>\n

Dubbed a progression-based system with unlockables, a second Steam announcement revealed that PUBG ‘s event pass will also launch on June 22. There will be daily, weekly, and Sanhok-based missions to lure players to PUBG . While it sounds like a great idea, there are some major drawbacks. PUBG ‘s pass must be bought with real-world money ($9.99) and will only last for four weeks instead of the whole season. The event pass will have free and premium options, but those who choose the free options will only be able to temporarily unlock new it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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