PUBG: New State is bricking Android units, some customers have reported on social media. The challenge appears to have impacted particularly these customers who’re utilizing Android 12. However, it’s also allegedly affecting units working on some earlier Android variations. The bricking challenge has emerged simply hours after PUBG: New State was launched in additional than 200 nations, together with India. The new recreation is touted to ship a “next-generation battle royale” expertise to players. It was introduced in February and is out there for obtain on Android, iPhone, and iPad units.

Among different affected customers, tipster Mukul Sharma tweeted to report the bricking challenge after putting in PUBG: New State. Sharma mentioned that whereas he was in a position to get well his Oppo Find X2 Pro, the sport exhausting bricked his machine — working on Android 12 — which was not booting up.

He noted on his report, by way of 91Mobiles, that the issue surfaces when PUBG: New State prompts customers to register both as a visitor or utilizing a social account.

“Tapping on any of the three buttons turned out to be a nightmare and the device entered [the] boot loop for a couple of minutes. Post that, things became worse, as the device completely froze and is, well, a brick for now,” Sharma mentioned.

The bricking challenge is, nonetheless, not all pervasive at this second — fortunately. We have been in a position to load the sport absolutely and play it on an Android 12-running Pixel 4a.

Gadgets 360 has reached out to writer Krafton for a touch upon the PUBG: New State bricking downside. This report might be up to date after we hear again.

Ahead of its launch earlier on Thursday, PUBG: New State additionally noticed an preliminary hiccup as a consequence of technical points impacting its server entry that resulted in a delay of a few hours in its arrival. The recreation can be not absolutely freed from bugs as Krafton has talked about some known issues on its official web site.