KRAFTON has confirmed that the game PUBG: Battlegrounds, the battle royale that started the game-style fever; It will become a free-to-play game on January 12 on PC, Xbox and PlayStation. Thus, players will be able to play these versions of PUBG totally free, although with some limitations that will be paid.
Along with the game going free-to-play, there will be new anti-cheat features and a new premium tier called "Battlegrounds Plus," which will be an " account upgrade " for €12,99 that will allow players to access PUBG's Ranked Mode, Custom Matches, additional in-game currency, and exclusive in-game items.
You can play PUBG for free and totally legal next year
Current owners of a version of PUBG will get free access to “Battlegrounds Plus” as a way of compensating them for having paid for a game that will be free in a few weeks. Although the introduction of a kernel-level anti-cheat system will cause the game to have problems with Linux users and therefore SteamDeck. Proton Sp, the protocol that instantly transforms Windows games into Linux games, does not play well with kernel-level anti-cheat systems due to incompatibilities, and that is why games such as Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Team Fortress 2 or Destiny 2 are not expected to work on Steam Deck.
By going free, PUBG will immediately be much more accessible to players on all supported platforms. Until now, PUBG had to compete with free-to-play Battle Royale titles such as Call of Duty: Warzone and Fortnite, a factor that placed PUBG at a great disadvantage as it was paid. PUBG currently has peaks of over 300.000 daily players on Steam, and the free game plan should shoot those numbers even higher.
PUBG is far from being a desert of players, but it is clear that it has lost its media relevance in an increasingly crowded market. Ironically, PUBG being the title that the vast majority of people saw the potential of the Battle Royale game mode, putting a large number of players at once in a knockout match until there is only one left.
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