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PUBG hacking: Why do people hack, what hacks are there, and more

Chicken dinners in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds can be elusive, and there's nothing more frustrating than coming so close to victory than being pipped to the post by a hacker. Like most competitive games out there, PUBG's servers are rife with cheaters, and it's hard to fall in love with a game when you're being shot from 800 metres away.

When games are that competitive, it's easy to fall into the trap of wanting to cheat, but PUBG Corp has dedicated a lot of time and research into finding and banning hackers since the game launched in 2018. The developer has set up an extensive anti-cheat system which can shut down hackers pretty quickly, and it has in the past even caught out professional players too.

So if you're here because you're wondering what hacks look like in PUBG, or you're contemplating trying them out for yourself, we've put together a guide on everything you need to know about hacking in PUBG, including what will happen if you get caught. TL;DR, it's not good news.

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PGI.S Broadcasting Channels and Talent Lineup

Hello, PUBG Esports fans!

Coming up at the Studio Paradise, Incheon, South Korea in February, The exhilarating journey of the PUBG Global Invitational.S is just about to begin! We’re providing English broadcasts for PGI.S across all regions, as well as multiple languages, with the best PUBG Esports talent and casters for every match, all around the world.

There are much more special pieces of PGI.S content ready for your entertainment! Every Tuesday, WEEKLY PGI.S will be live just before the main matches begin, to cover results of the previous week's PGI.S! On every Saturday 6PM, the PGI.S SHOW, a weekly PGI.S-themed show will be live with special guests. Stay tuned and don't miss a single episode!

[h2]PGI.S Broadcast Schedule[/h2]

Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Sunday
- On Air: 6:30 PM KST (Tuesday: WEEKLY PGI.S)
- Match Start: 7 PM KST
Saturday
- On Air: 6 PM KST (PGI.S SHOW)
- Match Start: 7 PM KST

[h2]PGI.S Global (English) Feed Talent[/h2]

PGI.S Tournament Format & Rules

Hello PUBG Esports fans!

Our biggest tournament ever, the PUBG Global Invitational.S, is just two weeks away!

32 teams from around the globe will battle week over week to claim as much prize money as they can! Let’s take a look at the tournament and rules for PGI.S 2021.

[h2]PGI.S Tournament Structure[/h2]
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First off, starting with PGI.S, we’re adopting a new ruleset for PUBG Esports. All PUBG esports will have identical bluezone settings to PUBG Ranked matches!

We will continue to monitor and review the new rule set with the aim to gradually combine PUBG esports and Ranked matches into identical rule sets.

Rank Decision
Starting on February 5th, before the main tournament starts, teams will battle it out in 24 deciding matches across 3 days. The results of these matches will split our 32 teams into 4 different groups and decide their placement order for the first set of Weekly Survival matches. The Top 16 and Bottom 16 teams from this decision are important - more on that in a bit.

Weekly Series
The meat of PGI.S are 6 different Weekly Series where teams battle for placement and prize money. These consist of the Weekly Survival matches held during the week and the Weekly Finals matches held on the weekend.

Unlike our previous tournaments, teams earn prize money each week and the team with the most at the end of the tournament is crowned the winner.

Weekly Survival
Let’s go over Weekly Survival first.

Weekly Survival matches are 16 matches played over the course of 3 days during the week. The object here is pretty simple, 16 teams fight to the last team standing. The team who brings home the Chicken Dinner moves on to the Weekly Final. The remaining 15 teams are joined by the next team on the Bottom 16 waiting list and another match begins. This goes on until 16 teams qualify for the Weekly Finals.

The first 8 teams to win a Survival Match each week also win some prize money, with more money given the sooner you win.

Weekly Finals
The 16 qualifying teams from the Weekly Survival matches then compete in a 10 match tournament over the weekend. This tournament follows traditional PUBG Esports tournament structure and the top teams bring home an even bigger amount of prize money, which increases week over week.

These 16 teams become the first teams to play in next week’s Weekly Survival matches and the Bottom 16 compete in another set of placement matches to determine their position on the waiting list. These placement matches happen on Saturdays before the main tournament starts.

*Bottom 16 placement matches are not broadcasted. You can find the placement results from your region's official PUBG esports social channels!

[h2]Prize Pool[/h2]

PGI.S offers teams plenty of opportunities to earn prize money throughout the tournament. In fact, there’s a whopping $3.5 million available to be earned! The team who collects the most prize money over the course of the tournament will be declared the 2021 PGI.S Champion.

*Total prize pool of $3.5 million includes the minimum guarantee of approx. $1 million to benefit all participating teams.

Here are the ways teams can earn prize money once again:

Weekly Survival

The first 8 teams to win a Chicken Dinner during each week’s Weekly Survival win prize money. Prize money earned decreases each game, so winning early earns you more!

Weekly Finals

The TOP 4 Teams at the end of the Weekly Finals earn prize money according to their rank. Total prize pool of each Weekly Finals tournament increases week over week starting from $50,000 during the first week, up to an astounding $1 million during the final week!

This format allows teams plenty of time to win some prize money and plenty of ways to come back if their early performance wasn’t great. We hope it makes for an exciting tournament!

[h2]PGI.S Item sales profits[/h2]
We’re giving teams 30% of the profits earned from the sale of PGI.S gear in the store. This money doesn’t count towards the overall winner, but will be distributed to teams based on how much prize money they won during the tournament. Pick up some cool PGI.S gear, get some voting coupons for the Pick’em Challenge, and support your favorite teams in the process!

How much prize money will your favorite team take home? Find out when the 2021 PUBG Global Invitational.S begins in February! We’ll see you on the Battlegrounds!

PGI.S Pick'Em Challenge

Hello, PUBG Esports fans!

The Pick’em Challenge is back just in time for PGI.S!

Like before, you’ll be able to predict winners from among your favorite teams to win great PGI.S prizes. There’s also a brand new set of PGI.S items available for sale, with an increased portion of the sales going back to support the teams! For this tournament, 30% of the item sales revenue goes back to teams and will be distributed proportionally to the amount of prize money each team wins.

Read on for info on how you can support your favorite teams and enter to win the Pick’em Challenge!
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[h2]PUBG Esports Shop[/h2]
The Esports Shop is back! Starting from Jan 20th for PC and Jan 21st for Console until April 14th, you will be able to spend your earned Esports Points to purchase various exclusive PGI.S items. Since PGI.S is running for an extended time compared to our other tournaments, we’ll be adding an additional batch of PGI.S items on February 27th, so keep an eye out for those as well! There will be plenty of options to spend your hard-earned EP on!

Purchasable PGI.S items:

PGI.S VOTER'S BERYL M762 + (2 voting coupons)
PGI.S VOTER'S MK47 MUTANT + (2 voting coupons)
PGI.S VOTER'S QBZ BUNDLE + (2 voting coupons)
PGI.S VOTER'S DACIA BUNDLE + (2 voting coupons)
PGI.S VOTER'S BERET BUNDLE + (2 voting coupons)
PGI.S VOTER'S HOODIE BUNDLE + (2 voting coupons)
PGI.S VOTER'S SKIRT BUNDLE + (2 voting coupons)
PGI.S VOTER'S HELMET (LV.2) BUNDLE + (2 voting coupons)
PGI.S VOTER'S BACKPACK (LV.2) BUNDLE + (2 voting coupons)
PGI.S TACTICAL HOODIE SET + (7 voting coupons)
PGI.S COLORSHIFT WEAPON BUNDLE + (11 voting coupons)
PGI.S TACTICAL GEAR BUNDLE + (5 voting coupons)
PGI.S VALUE BUNDLE + (21 voting coupons)
PGI.S VOTER'S EMOTE BUNDLE + (2 voting coupons)

[h2]Main events of Pick’Em Challenge[/h2]
The PGI.S Pick'Em Challenge games begin on Feb 6th and will feature three different Challenges for you to play and win!

[h2]Event 1: Weekly Final TOP 4[/h2]
Each week of PGI.S features a Weekly Final, where teams who won during the week face off for prize money. Your job is simple; predict the TOP 4 teams of that Weekly Final! You don’t even have to pick where the team will place, if your chosen team lands in the top 4, you’ll get a prize according to their ranking. This means you can win as many as 4 times per week, though each pick will require a voting coupon.

Prize EP according to the successful pick

1st: 100,000 EP
2nd: 50,000 EP
3rd: 25,000 EP
4th: 12,500 EP

[h2]Event 2: Weekly Kill Point MVP (Week 1,3,5) & Weekly Chicken Winners (Week 2,4,6)[/h2]
The second event changes up between even and odd weeks and will cost you one voting coupon per pick.

For weeks 1, 3 and 5, you’ll have to choose which team will have the highest Weekly Kill Point total during the Weekly Final. While not the easiest task, a correct guess will earn you a whopping 200,000 EP!

Weeks 2, 4 and 6 are a little more simple, choose a team that will win a Weekly Finals Chicken Dinner. If your chosen team wins a Chicken Dinner during any of the 10 games, you win 25,000 EP! You can only win once per team, so additional picks increase your odds and potential prize amount!

[h2]Event 3: Survival Tournament[/h2]
Last but not least, this final Challenge event asks you to choose the winner of the 32-team event match that ends PGI.S. You may place your picks from March 5th through 7th, and a correct guess will earn you 50,000 EP to spend!

This is a free event, which requires no voting coupons but can still net you a sweet 50,000 EP for a correct guess!

* Survival Tournament week is a free event week. No voting coupons will be required.

[h2]FREE Voting Coupons and EP![/h2]
PGI.S also comes with plenty of opportunities to earn Voting Coupons and Free EP just by watching and interacting during the tournament. Please note all earnable broadcast rewards are PC only. Further updates will be announced in the future. The first method is simple, visit the Esports Tab once per week to earn a weekly Free Voting Coupon!

[h2]Weekly Survival[/h2]

You will be able to get a voting coupon while watching PGI.S live broadcasts.
A unique code for a voting coupon will be displayed during the broadcast, and people who quickly type in the code on the ”ADD EVENT CODE” section of the Pick’Em Challenge event tab or Store in-game will each receive a voting coupon on a first come-first served basis.

[h2]Weekly Final[/h2]

During Weekly Finals, you will be able to earn EPs from the PGI.S live stream.
Note that during Weekly Finals, you will be able to redeem multiple codes!

[h2]Rank decision & Event Week[/h2]

Do not miss the Rank decision and Event week broadcasts because they will have to earn EPs from the broadcast!

*You can only obtain one free voting coupon per account per week, and earn max 80,000 free EP throughout the whole PGI.S event.

The Esports Tab is open now, so head over and check out the first set of awesome PGI.S items! Plan out what you want and start saving your EP to pick up your gear.

If you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed with all the above, we’ll have an explanation video out next week to help guide you through the event as well, so be sure to stay tuned to official PUBG channels!

PGI.S is almost here, so do your research, make your plan, and start winning alongside your favorite PUBG esports teams!

[h2]Pick'Em Challenge FAQ[/h2]
1.Voting

Q. Where can I vote?
A. Go to the Esports Tab > Pick’Em Challenge Event Tab in-game to cast a vote.

Q. Where can I see the number of voting coupons I own?
A. Go to the Esports Tab > Pick’Em Challenge Event Tab to see the number of the voting coupons you own.

Q. What happens if I get a refund after I have already voted?
A. Refunding items invalidates any votes you have cast that used coupons from that purchase.

Q. What happens if I still have voting coupons when the voting period ends?
A. You can no longer cast a vote one the voting period has ended and any remaining voting coupons will disappear when the Pick’Em Challenge period ends.

Q. Can I vote again for the same team more than once?
A. You can only vote for each team once per challenge. When new challenges start each new week, you are free to cast any vote you like once again.

Q. Can I vote for the same teams in the Survival tournament event?
A. You may only vote once and since it is a free event, voting will not require a voting coupon.

2.Rewards

Q. What can I earn as a reward?
A. If you choose correctly during any of the challenge events, you will earn a certain amount of Esports Points (EP). This EP can be used to purchase PGI.S event rewards in the Esports Shop.

Q. When will my Esports Points (EP) be delivered?
A. EP is granted on every Tuesday when the new week of Pick'em Challenge events open. Your points will remain available to spend in the Esports shop until April 14th 11:00 KST. If you do not receive any of your earned rewards, please contact the Support team for help.

Q. Will the EP I earn expire? Can I save it for the next Pick'em Challenge?
A. EP earned during the PGI.S tournament must be spent before 11am on April. 14th, 2021. Once the Esports Shop closes, you will lose any remaining EP you have.

Q. Can I trade the PGI.S items that I purchased in the Store in the Steam Community Marketplace?
A. No. PGI.S items purchased from both the Store and the Esports Shop cannot be traded on the Steam Community Marketplace.

Another PUBG universe game is set to release "by next year"

It looks like another game set in the, yes, PUBG universe to set to release "by next year". That comes from Bloomberg, which spoke to Krafton CEO Kim Chang-han and laid out a plan of what's to come.

Kim explains that the company plans to release "another PUBG-related PC and console game by next year". There are also plans to launch a new battle royale title on mobile this year that's based on PUBG. As Kim explains, he's determined to expand the company past the battle royale game's initial success. There are other plans on the horizon for Krafton, too. The company is planning an initial public offering that could be worth as much as $27.2 billion. Bloomberg also reports that an animated production is in the works alongside a web cartoon.

Krafton is a South Korean-based holding company that owns PUBG Corp, Bluehole, and Striking Distance. We got a peep at what the latter is working on when it revealed The Callisto Protocol, a third-person survival horror game from the creator of Dead Space. That one is set for 2022.

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