Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds may have been tainted on console and PC by the flashier Battle Royale games that inspired it, but the mobile version of the seminal shooter remains one of the biggest and most successful games on the planet. And now it gets a 1.0 update that adds tremendously to performance and other benefits, just in time for a planned $ 2 million esports tournament, set in November.
De PUBG Mobile team, part of Chinese tech and gaming giant Tencent, says the 1.0 update is scheduled for release on September 8, and it will bring up to a 30 percent increase in the frame rate and a 76 percent reduction in delay, depending on the type device you are using. The game also gets a number of visual and design settings, including improvements to the main lobby screen and redesigns of parachuting, sprinting, and other in-game moves.
“Particles, smoke, air penalties, snout flashes, and the addition of interaction of scope make each shot more realistic,” the team said in a press release. “Upgrades to lighting systems and texture quality bring vegetation, air and water to life. Models and texture quality are also improved to deliver a more realistic feel and high quality experience. ”
Beginning of November, PUBG MobileThe esports circuit will begin hosting a combined World League and World Championship event, called the PUBG Mobile Global Championship, which will bring together pro players from the Americas, Europe, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and China to compete for a $ 2 million prize pool. “Due to the global pandemic, an audience may not be possible for PMGC Season Zero, but if it is safe to do so, the competition will start at the end of November, and take place across multiple studios,” the team says.
Since its release in 2018, PUBG Mobile has grown to become one of the most successful games on the planet, and last year earned the original PC version with an eye-popping $ 1.3 billion in revenue, according to analytics firm Sensor Tower. The game now has over 600 million downloads and 50 million active players, not including the Chinese mainland where a remake of the game is mentioned Game for peace (redesigned to violate China’s strict censorship and content laws) is thought to have an additional 150 million active players.
