Battlegrounds is perhaps actually constructed into the acronym PUBG, however Krafton sees one thing far greater for the battle royale sport’s future. The corporate desires PUBG to turn into a “gameplay platform” within the vein of Fortnite and Roblox–featuring numerous modes and even user-made content material.
GameFile reviews that Krafton chief monetary officer Dongkeun Bae mentioned the corporate’s expanded imaginative and prescient for PUBG on an earnings name earlier this week. “Within the age of PUBG 2.0, it won’t merely be a battle royale sport per se,” Bae stated. The CFO desires the sport to show right into a platform, noting that they are “creating wide-ranging modes below that goal.”
A main a part of this transition will embody the swap to Unreal Engine 5 for PUBG. Krafton has overtly talked about this transformation since March 2024, with the Epic sport engine opening up user-generated content material to turn into part of the expertise. (Issues have actually come round, contemplating the PUBG Corp. as soon as sued after which dropped a lawsuit towards the Fortnite maker.)
There’s additionally a PUBG spin-off within the works referred to as PUBG: Blindspot, beforehand often called Challenge Arc. The sport is “a 5v5 team-based top-down tactical shooter,” in accordance with Krafton. One other spin-off in the identical universe is reportedly an extraction shooter referred to as PUBG: Black Funds.
In the meantime, Krafton is at present embroiled in a lawsuit with Unknown Worlds co-founders Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire, who had been reportedly pressured out from the developer earlier this month. In the course of this, Krafton has confirmed an inner doc leak for Subnautica 2 was legit, pointing to a number of missed improvement milestones.