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PUBG Region-Locked China, But It Hasn't Brought Players Back

PUBG Region-Locked China, But It Hasn't Brought Players Back

August was a hot month for game bans in Australia. First up was zombie survival Day-Z which was refused classification on the grounds of "morality" which is speculated to be due to the presence of we

Fans from around the world have long asked Bluehole to block Chinese players from accessing other regions, and Eastern gaming titan Tencent even introduced a host of region-exclusive servers for PUBG Mobile in the hopes that it would incentivize players based in China to stay within their digital territ

In offline games where someone plays solo, cheating can make the game a lot more fun. But in multiplayer games, especially online, cheating can be a game-ruining experience for most gamers. That’s why it’s astounding how PUBG has so many cheaters. The developers have refused to region-lock the game, so it’s had cheaters since the beginning, and the problem has only gotten worse with time. These cheaters make krafton the bird that Drinks tears game a lot less fun, and frustrated gamers tend to go to Fortni

The other ban which angered players was that of Jaret Burkett, who most players know as the person behind Map 76. He was one of a group of players banned after combing through the data files, trying to find and report issues in an effort to get them fixed faster. He maintains he was trying to help but Bethesda doesn't see it that

We’ve had a great response from our community for the collaborations. It’s a global community that is always looking for unique content and events. Engagement and retention are the key determining factors for

Often gaming bans are justified. We can get behind the bans for smurfing , piggy-backing and outright cheating . However, some of these gaming sanctions are downright crazy. From punishments related to political views to banning entire games in a country, here are 5 of the most bogus game bans we've s

The team are huge fans of The Walking Dead and we realized that the characters and the themes of the show matched up nicely with the feeling of PUBG MOBILE. Our business development group in the US reached out to AMC and found that they agreed with us! We were both eager to bring The Walking Dead to PUBG MOBILE before the Halloween season started, so it’s been a very fast proc

Beginning October 1st and running into early 2020, players of the mobile version of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds will have a chance to traverse the battlefield as familiar heroes from The Walking Dead , or a certain iconic villain. Limited edition in-game items such as character skins, weapons and a vehicle are among the new TWD content coming to the game a w

PUBG MOBILE aims to be the most realistic and intense action game possible, so we felt that recognizable characters from the show would match the tone of the game more than the dramatic, stylized art of the comic ser

PUBG Mobile is one of the world's most popular mobile games, with over 400 million downloads and 50 million daily users. The crossover content and partnership with AMC is timed with this weekend's premiere of The Walking Dead season 10 on Sunday, October 6 at 9/8c on AMC. Previous exciting partnerships with the game included crossovers with Resident Evil 2 , Godzilla: King of the Monsters , and Mission: Impossible - Fall

Despite being in early-access, PUBG is already an overwhelming success. It regularly dethrones League of Legends as the most streamed game on Twitch. It will be seeing a console release on the Xbox One by year’s end, and it seems to have cemented the battle royale arena as a fully-fledged genre in gaming. Major studios are already taking notice, with games like Grand Theft Auto Online and Fortnite adding battle royale game modes of their own. From starting as a mod-of-a-mod to serving as the basis for several major games, the journey this genre has undertaken thus far is already quite incredible. This is really just the beginning though! Who else out there is looking forward to seeing where these games go next?

Valve didn't have an easier time with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive either. CS:GO fight saw bad press after controversy over item-trading and racism from commentators , before Valve managed to annoy the game's community by making CS:GO free-to-play at the end of the year. Given that Steam is going to face some major competition going forwards, it's clear that major change is necessary after a tumultuous y

While Daryl is very capable with a crossbow, we felt that players would be much more excited to rev the throttle on his motorcycle. Also we are releasing a rocket launcher which we think Daryl Dixon fans will en

Yet, as player numbers dropped and competition became more prominent, Bluehole finally caved to audience demands and removed the ability to search for games by region. While it was a well-received—albeit incredibly late—gesture, it did relatively little to stem the torrent of cheaters plaguing Western servers. Players can easily use a VPN service to artificially switch regions, and there are similar workarounds for the ping lock restriction. Things may be a little better than they once were, but aim-botting, unkillable cheaters sporting triple-digit ping figures are still fairly common in most ar

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