PUBG Mobile has introduced seven regions to its Pro League circuit and teased a new world-class tournament. The new participating regions include North America, Arabia, Brazil, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Western Europe, Latin America and Turkey. PUBG Mobile Pro League expands its reach “With the introduction of seven new leagues to the PMPL in 2021, PUBG MOBILE cements its position as one of the most diverse and largest mobile esports programs in the world,” the announcement stated. In terms of what’s at stake, the PUBG Mobile program for esports boasted a total prize pool of $14 ..read more

The Susquehanna Soniqs were crowned the champions of the PUBG Global Invitational.S (PGI.S) this weekend, taking home more than $1.29 million in prize winnings. The eight-week esports tournament took place in South Korea with 32 of the top international teams having been invited. The best in the world. #SoniqBoom pic.twitter.com/29YyDHYsKJ — Soniqs (@SoniqsEsports) March 28, 2021 $7 Million prize pool from crowdfunding The base prize pool for the event was $3.5 million. This included $2,442,000 from the tournament itself and $60,000 from the Survival Tournament. Also, a remaining $922,500 wa ..read more

Season 11 of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) will reintroduce the Paramo map, make changes to ranked play and showcase a new item.  Map updates and rotations First introduced back in Season 9, the Paramo map will return with several changes. PUBG players will get to experience improvements to the terrain along with extra field cover. This will be in addition to an expanded world system that adjusts landmarks between matches. Players will also get to create custom games with the map and enjoy the increased rate of item spawns located in Paramo’s Secret Room. A screenshot of PUBG’s Par ..read more

PUBG Esports laid out its plans going forward for the PUBG Global Championships, focusing on the keywords “players,” “fans” and “the global community.” Their initiative will involve greater accessibility for fans as well as efforts to show appreciation for their support of the championships. Some of these efforts involve new forms of monetization, which will benefit the professional teams involve thanks to proposed revenue sharing. Viewership accessibility and rewarding participants PUBG Esports plans to incorporate more ways for viewers to get involved with the broadcast, including the abilit ..read more

Well-known PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) leaker @PlayerIGN has claimed that PUBG 2.0 and PUBG Mobile 2.0 are in the works. While there hasn’t been an official announcement from PUBG Corp as of yet, PlayerIGN seems to think that it will happen soon. #PUBG just confirmed that they're working on PUBG 2.0 and PUBG Mobile 2.0 Global announcement soon? The secret #ProjectXTRM thing from last yr was a PUBGM2 all along. I knew XTRM was a mobile game. So I didn't make a update video on it. Got so tilted when I learned about it. pic.twitter.com/50hnX60epv — PlayerIGN (@Player ..read more

India placed a ban on Tencent-published titles, which includes the publisher’s most popular game in the region, PUBG Mobile. PUBG Corp, however, isn’t taking this lying down. They are reportedly talking with Reliance to return the game to India. Business Today reported this potential partnership, even saying that the two companies were in the “advanced stages” of negotiating revenue and planning localization. Since Reliance is already in India, it appears to be a perfect fit for what PUBG Corp needs to continue PUBG Mobile‘s success in India. A reliable partnership As a bit of circumstant ..read more

PUBG Corporation has officially cut ties with Tencent Games, thereby removing its authorization to publish PUBG Mobile. With this decree, India’s ban on Chinese mobile apps will no longer include PUBG Mobile. Or, at least it should no longer include PUBG Mobile. PUBG Corp. said in a statement on September 8 that it will take on all publishing responsibilities in India. PUBG just happened to be the biggest-grossing mobile game in India last month. India also just happens to be the game’s most lucrative market. Even just a few days off the Indian market was probably a bl ..read more

Hugely popular battle royale game Player Unknown’s BattleGrounds Mobile (or PUBG) has been banned in India. The app fell foul of a new set of “sovereign powers” that the Indian government has used to ban 118 mobile apps owned or partly-owned by Chinese companies. Chinese tech giant Tencent is a 20% investor in PUBG developer Bluehole, now under the PUBG Corporation. It also wholly owns the mobile version of the game. PUBG Mobile is a serious competitor in the genre. However, kingpin BR game Fortnite has had its own problems recently. Publisher Epic Games has had its own widely publicized dispu ..read more

PUBG Corporation has announced today that it will launch its PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) this November with a whopping $2 million prize pool. This is the largest prize pool that the PMGC has ever had, and it’s mostly thanks to the PMGC’s title sponsor Qualcomm. PUBG Mobile Esports is combining the PUBG Mobile World League with the World Championship for the PMGC, which will host teams from the Americas, Europe, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. But this wasn’t the only announcement for PUBG Mobile. The game will receive an update on September 8, bringin ..read more

We all knew that Apple booting Fortnite from the App Store was going to be popcorn-worthy, but I don’t think anyone was prepared for how far the feud would go. Reports yesterday indicated that Apple was threatening to revoke Epic Games’ access to their developer tools, which would effectively cut off any attempts at supporting and updating Unreal Engine. However, Apple removing support for Unreal Engine will not just affect Epic Games’ titles. Many other games like PUBG Mobile utilize the engine as well. Epic Games filed a second lawsuit on Monday, August 17 in the Northern District of Califor ..read more