Bluehole revealed that it will add many new projects for PUBG in 2018

“For us, PUBG 1.0 is not the end,” CH KIM, CEO of PUBG Corp said earlier this week. “This is just one of the milestones we have completed. We’ve seen a lot of Early Access games stay in this phase for a very long time. That’s why we promised to get the game out of Early Access soon and release version 1.0 this year.”

And this day has come, PUBG is officially no longer in the Early Access stage. The new desert map, Miramar, is officially live, along with a bunch of weapons, vehicles and in-game climbing systems that many gamers have tested on the test server over the past few weeks.

Although PUBG has just been officially released, many people will wonder what their upcoming plans are in 2018.

CH Kim told PCGamer: in addition to optimizing and improving the quality of the game, the main focus will be on turning PUBG into an esport platform for both players and viewers.

“We’re in discussions with a lot of the world’s manufacturing teams to see how we can work together, but we’ll work on figuring out tools and features that can be added. process to make PUBG more engaging and entertaining,” Kim said.

“When it comes to the rules of the game, we are testing a lot of things right now, and have gathered some of the top PUBG players in Korea to test the speed and size of the blue ring. We’ve been trying to remove the red zone from a few games, and there’s some experimentation going on. When it comes to the scoring system, because it’s a battle royale, you can’t just play 1 match and then finish. PUBG needs multiple match series to determine the winner, we are tweaking and overhauling to see how the scoring system will be.

“While the core gameplay of the game remains the same, we feel with this experiment, PUBG could have a few more tournaments for next year.”

“Or maybe a PUBG league (season) for next year,” Kim said.

PCGamer also asked Kim about the sudden emergence of battle royale titles and related modes that have popped up over the past few months, as well as Kim’s comments on Brendan “PlayerUknown” Greene’s comments on the management of the “playground”. intellectual property’ in the gaming industry.

“For us, we felt it was natural for the genre to expand,” Kim said. “Brendan commented on several companies copying PUBG features exactly. I think he’s concerned about this, but given that the battle royale genre is expanding, it’s only natural. And with us, we feel [PUBG] It’s the first game to prove to the world that this is a game genre that can gain mainstream support in the gaming industry.”

Source: PCgamer