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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.
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Release date Platform(s) Genre Payment Synopsis Type Status Age of Empires Online: Microsoft Game Studios: August 16, 2011: Windows: MMORTS: Free play with in-game currency and items that can be purchased from a shop or earned through gameplay Gameplay from the Age of Empires series offering online MMO features. 3D Closed July 1, 2014 Age of Wulin
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 ]
The game was based on his previous Battle Royale mod for ARMA 2 and DayZ first released in 2013. [5] [22] [23] Building on his earlier work, Greene went to work at Bluehole in South Korea, becoming the creative developer of a standalone game representing his vision of the battle royale genre, PUBG: Battlegrounds.
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.
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.
The PUBG Mobile World Cup 2024 was the official mid-seasonal world tournament for PUBG Mobile (and its variants) organized by Level Infinite & Krafton. It was held from 19 to 28 July 2024, as part of the 2024 Esports World Cup .