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PUBG Global Invitational.S

The PUBG Global Invitational.S invites 32 teams to compete in Miramar and Erangel for rewards totaling over $3.5M! Remember Winner Take$ All and the PGI.S is shaping up to be unlike any global event in the past.

PUBG dev teases Karakin return and Miramar rework

PUBG Season 11 is only days away, but we've already got a glimpse of what's happening beyond that. PUBG's community coordinator 'Steve the happy whale' (great name) had a wee chat with fans on the battle royale's Discord server to gauge the mood after the update 11.1 patch notes went live.

The community coordinator confirms to one fan that Karakin is set to return to the map pool at a later date and that the PUBG team will be rotating maps in and out from the upcoming season onwards. As for a potential rework of the game's Miramar map, he says that one is coming, though the devs can't say when right now. He also says that the development team has been forwarded feedback on matchmaking and "drive-by" mechanics, though any action on those points may take a while to surface.

"It would not make much sense to make one change that would satisfy 2,000 players, [but] piss off two million players," he explains. "This is why suggestions can sometimes take time to reflect in game. It is not as simple as you may think it is, regardless of how trivial a change it is, unfortunately."

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FaZe Clan reveals limited edition PUBG jersey

With the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Global Invitational.S well underway, one of the tournament's biggest teams, FaZe Clan, has today announced a special jersey collaboration with developer Krafton.

The jersey celebrating PGI.S - which is currently taking place in South Korea - "comes in black or red, and features the iconic FaZe Clan and PUBG logos as well as a tiger decal to pay homage to the PGI.S 2021." This is also a significant moment, as it marks the first time an esports organisation has had the chance to work with Krafton on official merchandise.

"We are honored to be the first esports organisation to work with Krafton on official merchandise, and further FaZe Clan's presence within the community," says FaZe's head of esports, Erik Anderson. "The passion our fans show on a daily basis is what drives us here at FaZe, and we hope they'll love what we've cooked up for them to wear while they're cheering for the team any given FaZe Sunday."

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PUBG players on PC were incorrectly banned due to an update bug

A client update for the PC version of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds left a number of players scratching their heads when they discovered they had been banned from the battle royale game. It turns out that a bug in the update process had caused the bans, and the developer says it's working to reverse the effects.

"Earlier today some players were impacted by incorrect bans caused by a file validation error after a client update," Krafton explained in a tweet to the official PUBG account today. "The error which caused these bans has been identified and resolved." About 90 minutes later, the company tweeted that all of the incorrect bans had been reversed.

Of course, simply reversing a ban doesn't fix the problem - players' reputation scores were impacted as well, and it took Krafton another several hours to restore the accounts to their pre-ban reputation levels. The developer says it has granted every player struck by the incorrect ban and reputation score hit a free 5 Levels Survivor Pass Coupon.

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