Recently, the incredibly popular multiplayer shooter,
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds set the record for most concurrent users on Steam , breaking the streak of the Valve-developed game, Dota 2 . At the time, the Early Access title hit 1,342,857 players, while the MOBA reached 1,295,114. Well, it seems that count is still climbing and has now reached 1,523,179 million concurrent us
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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, the Bluehole-developed and published multiplayer online Battle Royale title that has taken the gaming world by storm, might have some hefty competition in its midst. A mysterious game known as Project X aims to take what
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds does well and elevate it to the next level, surpassing PUBG 's 100-player gameplay on an 8km by 8km map with 400-player battles on an even bigger
Green shared another one of his loftier aspirations also. When asked about the potential for destructible environments to be added to the game, he said that he "would like to add more destruction," but noted that it would take its toll on server performance, so that would have to be taken into acco
This would be an incredible game to play, but it all sounds pretty ambitious – and even a bit unrealistic, with many questioning how it's even possible. Firstly, Automaton has previous experience in multiplayer games; its most recent development was the psychological stealth and combat title Deceit . More than that, the technical creation has to do with a cloud-based technology called
SpatialOS, built by London games company Improbable. The tech allows the game to operate within the cloud, thus letting developers exceed the power capacity of a single game engine or particular ser
The game is said to include free-roaming wildlife, foliage and landscaping displacement, tracks and blood trails, elements like fire and water, and highly dynamic weather. It's also expected to include fine-tuned character progressions, various social hubs, and what's been described as a "global-scale player-driven narrative," which could also include activities similar to the player-driven content in The Divisi
This information was first spotted by reddit user Defying , when the question was asked whether it was considered acceptable to edit configuration files. In response to the question, Bluehole responded by stating the following:
As it turns out, though, fans of
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds won't have to wait long - the game's official Twitter account announced that Bluehole Studio would be adding a new weapon to the game in the near future, with a public test server update coming in the next few days. The weapon, a Mini-14, will be available in crates and scattered across the map, so competitive players will want to test the new toy as soon as possible since it could end up becoming a prevalent force in
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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is currently in Early Access and available for PC through Steam for $29.99. The game is set to launch in 2018. An Xbox One version will be available sometime this year through its Game Preview program. Although developer Bluehole Studios only expected the title to ship only 200,000 to 300,000 units , it substantially surpassed those numbers and has sold over 10 million copies since debut
While the details of Project X seem to promise it will be a serious PUBG challenger, it isn't the first game to ape the MMO's success. Both the fort-building co-op sandbox survival game Fortnite and Grand Theft Auto V have received Battle Royale game modes of their own, additions that were likely motivated by the news of PUBG crossing more than 10 million sales while still in early acc
Additionally, on PLAYERUNKNOWN's Twitter account, one of three new vehicles coming to the new shooter have been revealed, which is a new van. The screenshot of the Volkswagen-inspired van can be seen in the tweet be
Those interested in learning more about Project X can tune into EGX this week, during which members of the creative team will make appearances on the "Breaking Rules and Making Worlds: The Future of the MMO" panel on Thursday, September
"No, editing any game files to gain an unfair advantage is against the Rules of Conduct. This includes changing any game configuration files to result in changes that cannot be made via the in-game settings menu."
In case you were wondering, editing a configuration file in your copy of
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds could result in getting banned from the game, according to a change that was made on the
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds FAQ page.
Recently, we learned that
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds ' publisher Bluehole only expected the game to sell a mere 200,000 or 300,000 copies in its first year. The game had been released for only five months when it was announced to have sold more than 10 million copies through Steam Early Access.
For the time being, though, there seems to be other priorities. Greene mentioned a few specifics, like a nighttime setting, something which fans have been requesting for quite a while. He teased that this is already being prototyped, and apparently players will be "surprised at how good it loo