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PlayerUnknown’s: Battlegrounds will get more cosmetic microtransactions

In a developer Q&A at G-Star Global Game Exhibition in Korea, CEO and lead game designer at Bluehole, Changhan Kim, revealed that PlayerUnknown’s: Battlegrounds will most likely receive more/new cosmetic microtransactions. Changhan stated that the dev team does not plan to add any pay-to-win mechanics. However, more cosmetic microtransactions will be coming to it after its full release. Continue reading PlayerUnknown’s: Battlegrounds will get more cosmetic microtransactions

Destiny 2 had a solid PC release, single-player games still have legs

SuperData has released its worldwide digital video games stats for October 2017. According to the stats, the total revenue across console, mobile and PC in October was $8.5 billion, up from $7.4 billion in the same month last year. This growth is mainly due to a 28% jump in premium PC sales. Continue reading Destiny 2 had a solid PC release, single-player games still have legs

PlayerUnknown’s: Battlegrounds surpasses 22 million sales on Steam

There is literally nothing stopping this train. Earlier this month, we reported about PlayerUnknown’s: Battlegrounds surpassing 20 million sales. Fast forward a few weeks and here we are today with the game surpassing 22 million copies on Steam. Continue reading PlayerUnknown’s: Battlegrounds surpasses 22 million sales on Steam

Here is your first look at PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ new desert map

Bluehole and NVIDIA have released the first screenshots for the desert map that will be coming to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. This map will be available once the game fully releases later this year, and these screenshots will give you an idea of what you can expect from it. Continue reading Here is your first look at PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ new desert map

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds sets new record for concurrent players, over 2 million concurrent players

And the battle for the best battle royale game has heated up. A couple of minutes ago, Epic Games revealed that Fortnite: Battle Royale passed ten million total players. And almost simultaneously, Bluehole Studio revealed that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has set a new record for concurrent players on Steam. Continue reading PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds sets new record for concurrent players, over 2 million concurrent players

The free-to-play market has grown 28% year-over-year, PUBG surpasses WoW on the total PC games list

SuperData has released its worldwide digital video games stats for August 2017. According to the stats, and even though the PC segment shrank 10% year-over-year, the free-to-play market has grown 28% year-over-year. This shows how many developers are, in 2017, adopting this model for their games, and could perhaps give us an idea of what will happen in 2018. Continue reading The free-to-play market has grown 28% year-over-year, PUBG surpasses WoW on the total PC games list

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds sets new record for concurrent players, surpassing DOTA 2’s lifetime record

Last week, we informed you about PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds surpassing one million concurrent players. As we stated back then, PUBG was really close to the highest Steam record for concurrent players that was set by DOTA 2. And today, that record has been broken. Continue reading PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds sets new record for concurrent players, surpassing DOTA 2’s lifetime record

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – Latest update improves performance on low-end systems, adds Foggy weather

Bluehole Studio has announced that the September update for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds will go live on test servers today, and revealed its complete changelog. According to the release notes, this update improves performance on low-end PCs by optimizing buildings, optimizes shadows (resulting in better performance on a variety of PC configurations), as well as client and server performance when there are multiple vehicles in a close vicinity. Continue reading PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – Latest update improves performance on low-end systems, adds Foggy weather