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PUBG: Battlegrounds (previously known as PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds) is a 2017 battle royale video game published by Krafton, and developed by Krafton's PUBG Studios.The game, which was inspired by the Japanese film Battle Royale (2000), is based on previous mods created by Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene for other games, and expanded into a standalone game under Greene's creative direction.
A made-in-India battle royale game that gained traction after PUBG got banned in the country. December 12, 2019: CRSED: F.O.A.D. Darkflow Studio: Gaijin Entertainment: Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch First-person / Third-person Yes Yes December 12, 2019: The Eliminator (Forza Horizon 4)
Following its release, a Taiwanese version of the game, PUBG Mobile TW, was released. A version meant for lower-end mobile devices, PUBG Mobile Lite , was released on 25 July 2019. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] This has support for high FPS gameplay on multiple Android devices and features a smaller map made for 60 players. [ 28 ]
New State Mobile (formerly PUBG: New State) is a multiplayer online battle royale video game developed by PUBG Studios and published by Krafton. The game was released on November 11, 2021, for iOS , iPadOS and Android through the App Store , Google Play and Samsung Galaxy Store .
2017 saw the release of numerous video games as well as other developments in the video game industry. The Nintendo Switch console was released in 2017, which sold more than 14 million units by the end of the year, exceeding the under-performing Wii U lifetime sales.
After the release of Arma 3, Greene started working on a modification for the game, named PlayerUnknown's Battle Royale. The mod followed the same basic last-man standing principle of the Battle Royale DayZ mod, while introducing some features like the airplane that dropped players across a wider terrain and an online leaderboard.
PUBG was first released in early access in March 2017 as a highly popular game. Following the success of PUBG in 2017, Bluehole Ginno Games was renamed PUBG Corporation in September 2017. [24] A second office was established in Madison, Wisconsin, in late 2017, with two further offices in Amsterdam and Japan opened later.
On 2 September 2020, [15] the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of the Government of India banned PUBG Mobile, along with 117 Chinese applications, [16] citing activities that were prejudicial and a threat to India's sovereignty, integrity, defence, state security, and public order [16] under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.