PUBG: Battlegrounds is a shooter developed by PUBG Corp, released 20 December 2017 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It is free to play. The main story takes about 4.7 hrs to finish.
What PUBG: Battlegrounds is
PUBG: Battlegrounds is a shooter game developed by PUBG Corp and released in 2017. It was published by Bluehole Studio. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
PLAYERUNKNOWN, aka Brendan Greene, is a pioneer of the battle royale genre and the creator of the battle royale game modes in the ARMA series and H1Z1: King of the Kill. At PUBG Corp., Greene is working with a veteran team of developers to make PUBG into the world's premiere battle royale experience.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It supports multiplayer for up to 100 players online. Available modes: Battle Royale, Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 37 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
PUBG: Battlegrounds holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 4 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 73, across 628 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 4.7 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-4430 / AMD FX-6300, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB / AMD Radeon R7 370 2GB. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 40GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
PUBG: Battlegrounds launched on 20 December 2017, within three weeks of Hello Neighbor, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition and OKAMI HD. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Hello Neighbor, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition, OKAMI HD.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for PUBG: Battlegrounds yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
All media
Dlc
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