PlayerUnknown _ 's _ **BATTLEGROUNDS ** ' Erangel, the map that arguably kickstarted the battle royale craze, is finally getting a much-needed facelift and mechanical overhaul later this summer. PUBG is one of the most successful battle royale titles of all time, although the game has recently fallen on harder times with the subsequent successes of the now much more popular Fortnite and, to a lesser extent, Apex Legends ,

Video game addiction isn't a new phenomenon, but reports of it seem to be increasing. It's unclear if the nature of battle royale games just make them more addicting than other titles, or if game addiction just wasn't as reported on as much in the past. After all, the gaming industry continues to grow and seems to get bigger every year, meaning more people are playing games than ever before, so there are more opportunities for people to become "addicted" to games than in the p

To unlock the Horizon Zero Dawn pan skin in PUBG , players must kill 10 individual opponents (team kills don't count) with the crossbow weapon. It's a nod to the protagonist of Horizon Zero Dawn 's trusty bow, or at least as best as PUBG can man

And that's all PS4 PUBG players need to know. Three of the four skins can be earned by logging in and playing regularly during the event. Only the pan skin asks players to do something specific - in this case, use the crossbow to get kills. Compared to most of PUBG maps|https://pubgfrontierzone.com/ 's challenges, earning the Horizon Zero Dawn skins should be a cakew

There are four different free Horizon Zero Dawn skins for players to unlock in PUBG including a hooded Horizon Zero Dawn Eclipse Top, a Horizon Zero Dawn Eclipse Mask, a Horizon Zero Dawn Eclipse Kar98k, and also a Horizon Zero Dawn Pan featuring a symbol over a silver design. Each individual skin is earned separately during the event; the skins aren't bundled into one pack

One user, a YouTuber known as Battle(non)sense, analyzes and tests the more technical aspects of popular video games like the netcode, then posting the results to their channel. With a glut of popular battle royale games currently available, the user took it upon themselves to test out the most popular ones including Ring of Elysium , Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 , Fortnite , PUBG , and Apex Legends . Battle(non)sense ultimately tested network delay for all of these games and went a step further by comparing a set list of netcode related features they of

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Sony are partnering to bring a special gift to battle royale fans playing on PlayStation 4. Starting soon, PUBG players will be able to earn an exclusive set of skins based on Guerilla Games' PS4 exclusive Horizon Zero Dawn . The skins will be exclusive to the PS4 version of PUBG and while they're entirely free, they do ask players to accomplish certain challenges during the limited time event. The Horizon Zero Dawn event will start on March 4 and last a month, so there's no need for players to r

Perhaps a long-overdue revamp of the game's original map will help entice players back, even if it's for nostalgia's sake. A new version of PUBG 's first map, Erangel, has been in the works since March of this year, and developer PUBG Corp released a video earlier today showcasing the progress that's been made. It's less noticeable than its counterparts because PUBG has always had a more realistic presentation, but there are some clear graphical updates that make the map much more visually appealing, even if it does suffer from the traditional browns, greens, and greys aesthetic that many apocalypse-inspired shooters embr

In terms of networking features, Apex Legends also came back pretty barebones. As of right now, the game doesn't have Network Warning Icons, it does not favor the shooter limitation for players with more than 200ms ping, and it's missing many standard networking settings like an FPS limiter and a Network Graph or Overlay. Packet Splitting is also set as server to client and sends 5 packets per update, the highest of all the games listed in this test. The more times the packet is split, the higher the chance that the player sees lag or odd behavior. Now, it's worth pointing out that each of the other games in this test also suffered from their own issues, but Apex Legends had negative results in nearly every category tes

These arrests come just a day after six college students were also arrested for playing the game at fast-food joints near the college. Another arrest was made the same day by University Police. Those involved have since been released on b

Shockingly, the test did not go well for Apex Legends . The test was conducted on the PC version of each of these games at multiple times in the day between two players on the same server with a ping of about 25 milliseconds each. At the end of the day, Apex Legends featured the highest amount of network delay (highest, shortest, and average numbers) between the damage, gunfire, and movement categories. Black Ops 4 's Blackout followed next with slightly better numbers but overall much higher than what would be considered normal. Fortnite ultimately came back with the smallest network lag numbers with both Ring of Elysium and PUBG close beh