The original PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (aka PUBG) is moving to a free-to-play model beginning January 12st, 2022, developer Krafton announced at The Game Awards Thursday. Although PUBG will soon be free-to-play, there will still be some elements that are locked behind a fee after the switch. People have who already paid for PUBG will get the PUBG Special Commemorative Pack, which includes Battlegrounds Plus and additional in-game items. Despite fierce competition, PUBG: Battlegrounds has remained popular, having sold 75 million copies since its release, PUBG Corporation creative director Dave Curd told The Verge in an interview. And on mobile, PUBG is one of the biggest franchises around; the free-to-play PUBG Mobile has been downloaded more than 1 billion times, and Krafton recently released a second free-to-play mobile PUB game, PUBG: New State.

Source: The Nation December 10, 2021 03:47 UTC