'PUBG Lite' will be shut down on April 29

Source; Krafton

The "lite" version of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds or PUBG will be no more by the end of this month. Developer Krafton confirmed on its official website that the game will be going away.

"We are deeply grateful for the passion and support from the astounding number of PUBG Lite fans that have been with us. During the strenuous times of the COVID-19 pandemic, we hope that PUBG LITE was able to provide our fans a fun way to stay safe," Krafton said in the release. "Unfortunately, we have made the difficult decision to close service after much deliberation and the time has come for our journey to end."

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‘PUBG Mobile’ comes to both Android and iOS for free

Following last week’s beta launch here, the smartphone version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, or PUBG for short, officially came out on both Android and iOS. PUBG Mobile replicates the battle royale game experience you have on Windows and Xbox and brings it to the smartphone. The difference is it doesn’t allow cross-play like its competitor Fortnite: Battle Royale does, meaning you can only play with other mobile players. But you do get the same gameplay experience on mobile. Each match still drops 100 players into a big, open map world where you will need to scrounge for gear and engage in gun battles to try to be the last player or squad standing.

The release of this free-to-play game comes days after Epic Games launched an invite-only kickoff for Fortnite. One advantage PUBG Mobile has over Fortnite is the number of devices it supports. For iOS, it can run on iOS 9 and handle up to an iPhone 6—unlike Fortnite, which needs iOS 11 and can only handle up to iPhone 6S. And since Fortnite isn’t on Android yet, PUBG Mobile already has the advantage. It can run on Android 5.1.1 or later on devices with at least 2GB of RAM.

Source: Mashable

‘PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ comes to Canada on Android in beta

Fans of the battle royale-style game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds have been waiting for the game to make its way to mobile devices and lucky for us it made its way here first—with a few caveats, though. PUBG quietly appeared on the Google Play Store over the weekend here in Canada but this officially licensed port is still in beta and is limited to one region for testing purposes. The game’s creators confirmed on Facebook it will cover “a whole lot more regions in the future” but they want to make sure the game is ready for a wider release. If we’re going to be technical about it, China already has mobile versions of PUBG on its iOS store but it isn’t easy getting access to that outside of the country.

Source: CNET