December 10, 2021 PUBG is confirmed to be going free-to-play on January 12, 2022
If you're tuning into The Game Awards tonight, you'll no doubt have your gaming bingo card ready. News on Elden Ring, Suicide Squad, and Saints Row is expected, alongside celebrity appearances from legends like Keanu Reeves. What might not be on your bingo cards, however, is PUBG: Battlegrounds.
Teased before the show by PUBG leaker 'PlayerIGN', Krafton has now confirmed that PUBG is going free-to-play at Geoff Keighley's gaming bonanza. This free-to-play update is coming sooner than most might expect too: January 12 is the date to put in the diary.
PUBG has slipped in popularity ever since the successful launch of competitor games like Apex Legends, Call of Duty Warzone, and Fortnite. While PUBG is still one of the most popular games on Steam, the game's peak player count has dropped by 50% in the last two years.
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