Indian BGMI (Battlegrounds Mobile India) team OR Esports has announced fast-food franchise KFC India as its ‘Winner Winner Chicken Dinner’ (WWCD) sponsor for 2022. As part of the deal, KFC will become a streaming partner, be integrated into team jerseys and create a digital avatar of Colonel Sanders. RELATED: OR Esports names Zebronics as peripherals […]
PUBG: Battlegrounds is now free-to-play, and the gambit appears to be going well so far, with the popular battle royale shooter having peaked at 669k concurrent players on Steam earlier today, meaning it came close to doubling December's figures.
Krafton’s battle royale, PUBG: Battlegrounds, has finally been made available as a free-to-play game for all. The shooter was originally supposed to enter its new free state a couple of days ago. However, some technical difficulties prevented that. Classic PUBG.
PUBG was one of the first shooters to get the battle royale formula working successfully. It had some golden days, even years, but has now fallen on less popular times. PUBG Corp. could have done a lot more to prevent the game’s decline. But the developer always seemed to focus on unimportant issues and made a series of bizarre decisions. Like the current name, PUBG: Battlegrounds. That stands for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds: Battlegrounds. Okay then.
Free for all
In response to the large decline in player numbers, Krafton believes that making its battle royale free to play will help reinvigorate PUBG. The announcement says that the move will expand the community, reduce matchmaking queue times, and put you barrel-t...
If you're still racking your brain thinking of ideas for Valentine's Day--and you and your partner are big battle royale fans--then PUBG Mobile may have a solution for you.
A Valentine Royale duo event has been announced for the mobile battle royale, with registrations beginning January 13. The tournament will run for three weeks of qualifiers beginning January 17, with the top performers invited to the final weekend February 11 and 12.
Per the official Valentine's Royale Discord server, the three qualifying weeks will see teams divided into different groups with three matches each on Monday through Thursday: one on the Erangel map, one on Miramar, and one on Sanhok. Saturday of each week will be an invite-only final round based on Monday-Thursday's results, with the top 5 duos on Saturday being invited to the finals on February 11-12.
Teams interested in registering can do so via the Discord server, which also hosts the official rules of the tournament and will reveal the groups and schedules when they are available. The full schedule for the event is below:
First Registration: January 13
Week 1: January 17-22
Week 2: January 24-29
Week 3: January 31-February 5
Week 4: February 11-12
Valentine's Royale marks the first full in-game tournament for PUBG Mobile in 2022. The most recent tournament before this was the PUBG Mobile Grand Championship, which began on November 30 and will end with the PMGC Grand Finals on January 21-23. Meanwhile, the console and PC versions of PUBG are now free-to-play as of January 11, with special rewards given to those who purchased the game before the switch.
The year 2022 is here and PUBG: Battlegrounds is now free to play! A warm welcome to those joining us for the first time and to those existing players making their return who are striving to become a lone survivor once again! To learn more about Battlegrounds Plus and rewards for those who have owned […]