PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
Realistic firearm and melee combat against other human players; hits draw blood and downed players bleed, but there is no dismemberment or gore.
Real money buys cosmetic outfits, weapon skins, and randomized crates whose contents are unknown before they are opened.
Cosmetic purchases are optional, but the store rotates its stock and sells season passes that expire.
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What it is
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS is a free-to-play online battle royale shooter in which up to a hundred players parachute onto a large map, scavenge buildings for guns, armour, vehicles and gear, and fight until one player or squad is the last standing. A shrinking safe zone forces players together over the course of a match. The core content is realistic ranged and close combat against other human players, shown with blood hit effects and downed or dead bodies but no dismemberment or gore. It is played online with strangers through matchmaking, with open voice and text chat, and it sells cosmetic items and randomized crates for real money.
How it's framed
The game frames its killing as competitive sport rather than story: eliminations are scored and surviving to the end is the win condition, presented through leaderboards, match placement and cosmetic rewards. There is no narrative that dwells on the deaths, no depicted suffering beyond the mechanics of combat, and no crime or moral framing attached to defeating opponents.
Details
- Developer
- PUBG Corporation
- Publisher
- KRAFTON, Inc.
- Released
- Dec 21, 2017
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