PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is the No. 1 most-downloaded iOS app in 48 countries

The battle royale genre took over mobile last week with the launch of Fortnite, but now it’s PlayerUnkonwn’s Battlegrounds turn to shine. Tencent Games’ port of the PC megahit launched in regions worldwide on iOS and Android on March 19, and it is now the No. 1 most downloaded iOS app in 48 countries, according […]

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds is now free on iOS, Android—and dang, it’s solid

The competition for the world’s biggest “battle royale” video game got even hotter on Monday with a not-too-surprising announcement: Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds now has a free mobile version available across the world. Downloads are now live for all iOS 9.0 and later devices and most Android 5.1.1-and-above devices with at least 2GB RAM. Based on our […]

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds goes live on mobile in regions worldwide

Chinese publisher Tencent has launched one of the biggest PC games in the world on iOS and Android devices around the world. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is now available in the iOS App Store and Google Play market in most major regions. The free version of the last-player-standing shooter replicates the action and the first map from […]

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds hits 5 million players on Xbox One

Microsoft and Bluehole Studios announced today that the battle royale shooter PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds now has over 5 million players on Xbox One. PUBG came out on Xbox One on December 12, so it reached this milestone in just a few months. PUBG is a console exclusive for Xbox One, so its popularity gives it an […]

PUBG server status: How long is PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds down tonight on PC?

Bluehole Inc has confirmed that the PUBG server status will be down tonight for around three hours. The new maintenance has been scheduled so that a new build of the game can be deployed. WILL PUBG ON XBOX ONE BE AFFECTED? Bluehole have not said anything about a new PUBG Xbox One update being launch […]

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds esports grows with Global Loot League’s $50,000 event

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has left the Early Access program for unfinished games on Steam, and now esports organizations want to see if they can make it into a major draw. Global Loot League is leading that charge with a PUBG season that comes with $ 50,000 in prize money. That is one of the larger prize […]

PUBG news: Xbox One update, Battlegrounds PS4 release date, PlayerUnknown’s Steam jump

PUBG on PS4 is still a very much wanted game release and could be one of 2018’s big launches. While it may sound strange putting Battlegrounds next to titles like Red Dead Redemption 2, the latest stats cannot be underestimated. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has peaked with a massive 3,106,358 concurrent players on the PC platform. That’s […]

Is PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds finished? GamesBeat Decides (with guest Brendan Greene)

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has earned a chicken dinner of its own by launching out of the Early Access portal for unfinished games and onto “big boy” Steam with its 1.0 update. This jump introduces a number of obvious improvements and subtle polish, but is it enough to call this a “finished” game? Well, I think so, […]

PUBG servers down: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds 1.0 release maintenance time status

UPDATE ONE: As confirmed by Bluehole Inc. earlier today, the PUBG server status is now down for both the normal game and test servers. More information on the PUBG 1.0 release schedule can be found below, along with when maintenance will end and how long it wall last on Steam. ORIGINAL: PUBG servers are going down […]