After a prolonged 37 hours of upkeep, PUBG: Battlegrounds is reside and newly free-to-play.
It was introduced in December that the battle royale would shed its $30 price ticket in favour of a format nearer to fellow style giants Apex Legends and Fortnite. The sport now has a free primary model which incorporates most modes. If you wish to dive into ranked or customized matches, you will have to fork out $13 for Battlegrounds Plus. Those that purchased the sport beforehand may have their accounts routinely upgraded to Battlegrounds Plus together with a handful of goodies in a particular commemorative pack.
To have fun the relaunch, Krafton is chucking all kinds of rewards at gamers via Drops occasions. Gamers can watch streams, full in-game missions and invite buddies to play to nab some additional ins and outs for his or her character.
Together with the sport going free-to-play, a new update has launched tactical gear, motion queueing and a bunch of coaching modes. The latter needs to be particularly helpful to the swathe of latest gamers who dive in for his or her first rooster dinner with a primary coaching grounds, tutorials and AI coaching matches now out there.
Whereas PUBG: Battlegrounds nonetheless holds an honest participant base, it is lots quieter than it was a number of years in the past. Morgan Park determined to return for a few matches in 2021 however felt as if the sport had didn’t sustain with the style it helped popularise.