‘PUBG’ Will Get A Shiny New Map Before July According To Developers

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds developer, PUBG Corp, has recently provided an update on its plans for the first half of 2018. While the statement’s probably not as detailed as fans would hope, there’s some exciting details included within it.

In a post shared on Steam, the company says it’s had to postpone “development of some of the major features and systems” while it tackled the massive number of cheating players plaguing the game. While the team plans on releasing more details about upcoming features and development in March, they’ve dropped a few tasty morsels in the meantime.

The biggest and tastiest of those morsels is that new map which will be released before July.

“We do have a lot of exciting things that we want to share with you, including new content to provide more extensive battle royale experiences as well as improvements and modifications to create a deeper and more realistic gameplay,” the post reads. “In March, the team will reveal what you can expect from us in the first half of 2018 in terms of our development and new content plans which, by the way, include a new map. “

PUBG Corp has also detailed how it’ll approach the issue of high-ping players (players with slow internet connections) effecting games. It was previously said that a maximum ping limit would be imposed on servers, but the new approach, is says, will be far more effective.

“Unlike the method considered earlier, we are going to divide the matching pool depending on ping,” the team said. “This means that the users with lower pings will be prioritized during matchmaking. The team is expecting to improve the overall play experience by splitting the matching pool rather than restricting connection depending on ping. Preparations are underway to test this method in some regions, with first trials planned to start this week. Specific dates will be shared when ready.”

It’ll be interesting to see how this will be handled in a group situation. What happens if one person in a group has a bad ping, etc. More details about that and specifics around the new map are coming next month, but I’d wager it’ll be the snowy setting that was teased a little while ago.

Given the community’s disdain for its latest map, Miramar, PUBG Corp will probably wanna get new content out as soon as they can to quell its dwindling player base.


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