PUBG leaks suggest it’s going free-to-play, and getting a zombie survival mode

Battle royale pioneer Plunkbat may lastly be becoming a member of each different battle royale sport by going free-to-play, in keeping with a brand new hearsay. Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds has thus far prevented the route that Fortnite ran with till it had all the cash on this planet. However an upcoming and (at the moment unannounced) free week may check the waters for a full-on free-to-play switcheroo.

Gamesradar factors to PlayerIGN, a dependable supply of PUBG secrets and techniques (they referred to as the latest replace’s airplane crashes three weeks ago) that succinctly states: “PUBG desires to go free-to-play. They’re going to trace participant responses in a F2P week that’s occurring subsequent month.”

The shadowy leaker additionally instructed {that a} earlier free week was an analogous check for a possible F2P do-over, however that the fan response to it wasn’t what was anticipated. There was a ‘Lite’ model of the sport that was F2P, however it was canned earlier this year. Perhaps they have been making room?

For now, they’re nonetheless pumping out updates. Model 13.1 went live today, and included PlayerIGN’s predicted airplane crashes, the place the flight that delivers gamers to the battlefield may develop engine hassle. You possibly can select to leap out, or trip all of it the best way to the bottom, taking 50% harm at the beginning of the spherical. It is unique to the newest map that was added, Taego.

The replace additionally accommodates hidden property for a possible ‘zombie survival’ mode, which is a equally secretive mode that’s been datamined for our eyes. Although it wasn’t found by PlayerIGN, they endorsed the leak.

I not too long ago retried PUBG and found a sport that feels misplaced in its previous as an Arma mod. It felt oddly floaty and leaden on the similar time, and I returned to Warzone, which felt far more responsive and fulfilling. It is nonetheless massively in style, however it feels prefer it may use a shake-up.