Subsequent month, PUBG desires to make you’re feeling seven years youthful with the return of the basic Erangel map. The authentic battleground for the sport from 2017 shall be obtainable Might 14-28 on PC and Might 23-June 6 on consoles.
Erangel Basic, because it’s being known as by the development team, will take the place of the fashionable Erangel in regular matches throughout this restricted timeframe. Confirmed options coming again embody: gloomy climate, the prematch island with a downed aircraft, basic UI, and the tommy gun in care packages. Nevertheless, fashionable gameplay tweaks shall be part of this OG expertise, with patch notes entering into extra of those particulars on Might 13.
This may not be the primary time an enormous battle royale sport has determined to return in time. Late final yr, Fortnite had an OG Season that proved to be massively well-liked. The occasion revisited the sport’s authentic island and led to document concurrent player-counts on the time. The PUBG staff is most definitely hoping for related outcomes with Erangel Basic.
Wanting forward, PUBG will see the addition of destructible environments sooner or later. Final month, the developer went over the 2024 roadmap for the sport, which additionally guarantees to transition PUBG to Unreal Engine 5. It is unknown at the moment whether or not this shift is only for PC or all platforms. Unreal Engine is created by Fortnite maker Epic Video games.