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PUBG Studios is developing an Escape From Tarkov rival

February 9, 2023 Krafton has confirmed to The Loadout that PUBG Studios is developing its upcoming game Project Black Budget. The headline and body of this article has been updated to reflect this.

Publisher Krafton has revealed in its latest earnings report that one of its upcoming projects will look to capitalise on the extraction shooter trend, and it also confirms that PUBG Studios will be developing the project. Codenamed Project Black Budget, it could look to tussle with Escape From Tarkov and Call of Duty Warzone 2's DMZ experience.

In its previous earnings report in November 2022, Krafton revealed that it was in the process of developing Project Black Budget, which at the time it simply described as a new "PvPvE looter shooter". In this new report, Krafton confirms that this project will aim to "popularise the extraction shooter genre" by drawing on its experience with PUBG, suggesting it will be closer to things like Tarkov, Marauders, or DMZ than something like Destiny 2 or Outriders.

The logo for PUBG Studios appears beneath the description of Project Black Budget in place of the concept art that is shown beneath Krafton's other upcoming games. After spotting this, The Loadout reached out to Krafton for clarification as to whether this is indeed a new project from the PUBG developer, and received the following confirmation:

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Warzone 2 Combat Record still won't count previous player progress

The Season 2 update for Warzone 2 and the current Call of Duty multiplayer experience is almost upon us and Infinity Ward has just detailed what battle royale players can expect from this huge update. If you're looking forward to being able to track your progress and personal statistics, you'll be pleased to know that Warzone 2 is getting Combat Records in Season 2. However, there's a catch - and it's one we were worried about. The Combat Records coming to Warzone 2 in Season 2 will only track data going forwards and not include stats from Season 1 at all.

In this recently-shared Warzone 2 Season 2 content roadmap blog post, Infinity Ward announced that "Combat Records will come online as part of Season 2". However, "the statistics present in the Warzone 2 Combat Records will only be from the activation date forward, and will not include statistics from Season 1".

There's nothing to say that these won't be bolstered on at a later date, but it sounds like it won't be the case looking at that short and definitive statement on the feature.

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Ashika Island brings about hope for a proper Warzone 2 weather system

Whether it is Al Mazrah or the upcoming Ashika Island map, we're sure suncream sales are high for operators dropping into Warzone 2. Both maps continue the tradition of strictly daylight settings, with no change on the horizon in sight. However, COD players are hoping that developer Infinity Ward can take a page from rivals like Fortnite or PUBG, by implementing dynamic weather mechanics. Warzone 2 Season 2 is almost here, and it might be time to get our umbrellas.

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Warzone 2 DMZ Ashika Island details, gameplay

With the introduction of a new map into Warzone 2, Infinity War is also including it in DMZ. But, how will the smaller, more intense mode change when playing on Warzone 2 DMZ Ashika Island? What new features will there be? What new loot? What new AI and points of interest?

Let us take you through everything we know about the map within DMZ and the changes Infinity Ward is making to it when compared to the base version in the Warzone 2 battle royale. So, get briefed and bring along your choices for the best Warzone 2 loadouts to help you out when in a skirmish.

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Warzone 2 Resurgence map Ashika Island home to Shipment containers

01/02/2023 A new Ahika Island blog post has been released, detailing the new Resurgence map's POIs. This article's text and headline have been updated to reflect that.

We know there are quite a few Warzone 2 players out there rather disheartened with the state of Infinity Ward's battle royale shooter at the moment, but quite a few major changes are coming and the Call of Duty developer has just dropped a first official look at the brand new small-size Resurgence map Ashika Island. We already know action on this battlefield is going to be centred around a POI based on the World at War multiplayer map Castle, but could fans be in for another iteration of Shipment?

Now, before we go into answering that question, we just want to say that there's a lot more to this map than a possible Shipment appearance - so, don't let that put you off. The new Warzone 2 map Ashika Island has seven main POIs for players to explore when the Warzone 2 Resurgence release date rolls around. And, one of those could be home to Shipment.

How do we know this though? Or, more accurately, why do we think this could be the case outside of the fact that Call of Duty is convinced that it can't create a small-scale multiplayer map as good as Shipment again? We have an eagle-eyed Redditor for that. And, now, the official blog post detailing the new POI.

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