PUBG: New State arrives on iOS and Android on November eleventh

PUBG: New State, the upcoming free-to-play cellular recreation, will launch on iOS and Android on November eleventh, its publisher Krafton announced today. The recreation is about within the yr 2051, and can provide a futuristic tackle the multiplayer-focused PUBG method with new options like weapon customization and in-game drones. New State will likely be accessible in over 200 nations and 17 languages at launch.

New State is a big launch for the PUBG sequence, which popularized the battle royale style after the launch of its first title in 2017. Although New State isn’t its first cellular entry, following the launch of PUBG Mobile in 2018, it’s the primary to have been made by the sport’s authentic developer, PUBG Studios. Development of the unique PUBG Mobile was dealt with primarily by Chinese tech big Tencent.

PUBG Studios emphasizes that New State will include “strong anti-cheat” measures at launch, and that the corporate will likely be actively monitoring the neighborhood to catch issues earlier than they develop too widespread. The PUBG video games have had huge issues with cheaters prior to now, with Motherboard reporting earlier this yr that one cheat-making group allegedly revamped $70 million promoting cheats for PUBG Mobile. PUBG is way from the one recreation to have had these issues, nevertheless. Other firms like Activision and Valve have made information just lately with their efforts to stop dishonest of their video games and {hardware}, respectively.

Like earlier PUBG video games, New State is centered round multiplayer matches. Up to 100 gamers enter a map, and one participant or squad emerges victorious. There’ll be 4 maps accessible at launch in New State, together with franchise staple Erangel, and PUBG Studios is promising to repeatedly replace it with new content material over time.

Away from cellular, Krafton plans to launch one other PUBG-related recreation for PC and consoles by subsequent yr, Bloomberg reported in January. There are additionally plans for a brand new survival horror recreation set within the PUBG universe three centuries sooner or later, which is able to launch in 2022.