Neowin News Feed for: Battlegrounds

PUBG gets its second update for the Xbox One

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sat, 23 Dec 2017 13:58:01 +0000

PUBG Corp. has pushed out a second update for their game on the Xbox One. Albeit smaller than the last update, it does contain further optimisations, bug fixes and some minor changes to gameplay. Read more...

Following 1.0 release, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds hits 30 million players

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 22:18:01 +0000

Alongside marking the game's transition from an Early Access title to a full release, the 1.0 update for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds also pushed the game past the 30 million players milestone Read more...

Nvidia releases GeForce 388.71 WHQL drivers with PUBG 1.0 optimisations

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 20:32:01 +0000

Nvidia this week released 388.71 WHQL drivers for its line of discrete GPUs. The new drivers contains several optimisations for the official release of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on PC. Read more...

PUBG to launch on Xbox One on December 12; pre-orders open

Gurkaran Singh — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 20:26:01 +0000

The highly-anticipated port will land on Microsoft's console on December 12 for $29.99, said Mike Ybarra on Twitter. The extremely popular game was announced for the platform at E3 this year. Read more...

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds chalks up nearly two million concurrent users

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 04:16:01 +0000

The extremely popular online multiplayer battle royale shooter from Bluehole Studios continues to break popularity records having reached just shy of two million concurrent users on Steam. Read more...

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds team will be spun off into its own company

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sat, 30 Sep 2017 02:18:01 +0000

The team of developers at Bluehole Studios responsible for the massively popular PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds will be spun off into an independent subsidiary focused exclusively on PUBG. Read more...

A bandana on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds sold for over $1000

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 04:08:01 +0000

In-game cosmetics can sometimes sell for ludicrous prices and, in this case, a bandana that served as a bonus for pre-ordering the popular PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds sold for over $1000. Read more...

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has set a new peak user record on Steam

Usen Joshua O. — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 03:36:01 +0000

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds now has the record for the most number of concurrent online players on Steam in a 24 hour period. PUBG with 1.3 million players, beat out Dota 2 to clinch the title. Read more...

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has sold over 10 million copies

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 18:14:01 +0000

Bluehole developed battle royale title, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has now sold over 10 million copies on Steam. The game was launched into early access less than six months ago. Read more...

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds briefly surpasses Dota 2 as the most played Steam title

Dreyer Smit — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 10:38:01 +0000

With Dota 2 holding the crown as the most popular game on Steam for many years now, it would seem that the battle royale game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds could take away this coveted crown. Read more...

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds hits 570,000 concurrent players over the weekend

Timi Cantisano — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 06:20:01 +0000

Over the weekend, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds managed to secure over 570,000 concurrent players. This is quite a feat considering that the game hasn't even been officially released. Read more...

A Battlegrounds purple mini-skirt has sold for nearly $500 on the Steam Marketplace

Stergios Georgopoulos — Sat, 05 Aug 2017 14:44:01 +0000

Online battle royale game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has recently added a few paid cosmetic items as part of a microtransaction system test and the items are going for insane prices. Read more...

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is coming to consoles as an Xbox exclusive

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 21:49:59 +0000

Playerunknown's massively popular 100 person shootout frenzy is coming to consoles as a Xbox One exclusive later this year, Microsoft announced at its Xbox E3 2017 conference this year. Read more...

Red Faction: Armageddon DLC now available

Paul Ferson — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:29:50 +0000

THQ's Red Faction: Battlegrounds, a downloadable game available on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and PlayStation Network Store, has recently been expanded upon with two additional packs of downloadable content. The two packs contain additional content... Read more...

One Must Fall Battlegrounds Demo

Marcel Klum — Fri, 12 Mar 2004 12:01:49 +0000

This multiplayer and single player demo of One Must Fall Battlegrounds will let you have a taste of giant robot combat with three fighters, three arenas (including the sports-themed Laserball), and two of the single... Read more...