PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS News

PUBG is testing out a weird new mode called Zone Tag

There's a new and experimental limited-time mode available in PUBG Labs right now called Zone Tag, and it's all about fighting for control of a glowing ball of energy. Zone tag is available on PC until February 15, so you'll want to hurry if you want to give it a try.

Zone Tag is built around a ball of energy that can be picked up and carried by any player. When you pick it up, you'll be bathed "in a pillar of light" that follows you around until you're knocked down and the ball is picked back up. The entire blue zone is centered on this ball, so whoever has it is always going to be in the very middle of the safe area on the map, which for Zone Tag is Erangel. This continues until phase six, at which point the ball disappears and the match proceeds as usual, with the remaining squads duking it out for the chicken dinner.

You may be wondering why anyone would want to pick this ball up at all - why not let someone else take the heat? Well, the squad that controls the ball gains unlimited boost gauge, which is a nice advantage to have when everyone within 100 metres knows exactly where you are.

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PUBG's Lunar New Year event kicks off today, with "exclusive" themed rewards

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds gets a new in-game event to celebrate the Lunar New Year starting today, which brings some new "exclusive" goodies to the battle royale game. Appropriately named the PUBG 2021 Lunar New Year Event, the festival lets you unlock a bunch of in-game items by completing gameplay and login goals while it's live.

The way the event works is by letting you earn 'Lucky Points' that you can use to claim various Lunar New Year-themed prizes. To get started, you have to connect up to the event by clicking on the relevant banner in-game if you're playing on our home platform (if you're on Steam or console, you can alternatively log into your PUBG account or create a new account). Then, you can choose to complete the daily tasks on offer to scoop up Lucky Points.

For example, you'll score some points by completing objectives like logging into the PUBG game lobby and hopping in during the Lunar New Year (February 10-14) and the weekend following (February 20-21).

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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's update 10.3 is live, with new lighting for Karakin and selectable weapon sounds

The latest patch for Playerunknown's Battlegrounds has moved from the test servers to the public branch, bringing with it a host of fixes and tweaks, plus a few nice new features. Update 10.3 includes a lighting rework for the Karakin map, the new weapon sound select system, and emotes that sync with your squad mates. Let's dig in.

Taking the changes in the order they're highlighted in the official patch notes, the first big new item is the weapon sound select system. This new feature lets you pick between the original weapon sounds and the new remastered versions on a per-weapon basis. For the time being, it's enabled for the M249, M416, Kar98k, and SKS. You can pick which sounds you want for each of these PUBG guns in the settings menu, under the audio tab.

Karakin has gotten a new pass on its lighting, as well as an additional bug-fixing pass across the map. PUBG Corp says the pass is aimed at "improving overall lighting and giving each area its own unique feel and tone".

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