Hello PUBG Esports fans,

PUBG Continental Series(PCS) is now heading to the third series looking for who gets the third crown! PCS3 will be held across four regions from Nov 5 to 22.

The four regions include:

• Asia – which consists of Korea, Japan, China, and Chinese Taipei
• Asia Pacific – which consists of Southeast Asia and Oceania
• Europe
• North America

 

• PCS3 Tournament Schedule
  • ASIA/NA: November 5-6, 12-13, 19-20
  • APAC/EUROPE: November 7-8, 14-15, 21-22
• Total Matches
  • 24 matches in total per region (4 matches per day)

The Pick’em Challenge event, which gives fans a chance to benefit directly from the livestream action, is coming back as well to run over the course of the three week event.

• Sale period of the PCS3 items
  • PC: After the maintenance on Oct. 28, 2020 – 5 pm on Nov. 19, 2020 KST
  • Console: 11am on Oct. 29, 2020 – 5 pm on Nov. 19, 2020 KST
• The PCS3 Pick’em Challenge event period
  • PC: After the maintenance on Oct. 28, 2020 – 6 pm on Nov. 19, 2020 KST
  • Console: After the maintenance on Oct. 29, 2020 – 6 pm on Nov. 19, 2020 KST
• Pick’em reward claiming period
  • PC & Console: Nov. 23, 2020 - 11am on Dec. 9, 2020 KST

Twenty-five percent of the revenue from PCS3 items will be equally distributed among the four regional events. Exactly 12.5% of the 25% will go to the prize pool, and the other 12.5% will be allocated evenly to all participating teams.

We will offer more diverse Pick‘Em items for PCS3. In case you want to know more, here’s a sneak peek at some of the sales and reward items that will be available for PCS3!



You can see these must-have items in the game beginning October 28 (October 29 for Console) when the Pick’em Challenge event starts.



There is no team that has become the champion twice from PCS Charity Showdown, 1 and 2 yet. Can we finally meet the defending champion or a new champion will be born? Let’s see what happens on PCS3!

With Season 8 drawing to a close, it’s time to unveil all the great and exclusive Ranked rewards you’ve been working for. We’ll also go over the schedules for Season 8 close and the start of Season 9, along with a new mode to look forward to next season.

Let’s get into it!

Season 8 Ranked Rewards Video

PUBG's various Ranked rewards are earned depending on your final rank when the season ends. To be eligible, you’ll need to have at least completed your placement matches during the season, with additional awards being granted at Gold V and Diamond V tiers.

Those who have reached Gold V tier or higher are eligible for the first exclusive reward, the Season 8 Ranked UAZ skin! If you manage to fight your way up to Diamond V tier or above, you’ll also be rewarded with the Season 8 Ranked Parachute skin. Finally, players who rank in the top 500 in their region will also receive a special Top 500 emblem to show off their achievement.

You can check out your final Season 8 rank by visiting the STATS screen in your CAREER tab once Season 9 has begun. Visiting the LEADERBOARD section of this screen also shows you were among the top 500 if you managed to make it that high



Season 8 Emblems

• You’ll earn an emblem that matches your end of season rank
• The Top 500 players in each region will also earn a special TOP 500 emblem to commemorate their outstanding achievement

Season 8 Skins

• Players who end the season in at least Gold V Tier will earn an exclusive Season 8 Vehicle Skin for the UAZ
• Players who end the season in at least Diamond V Tier will receive both the Vehicle Skin and an exclusive Season 8 Parachute Skin

• Season 8 Ranked mode will end once servers go into maintenance on October 21st (KST) for PC players
• Season 9 Ranked mode will begin when servers go live with the 9.1 update

All rewards are granted automatically at the beginning of each new season. You may collect them from the pop-up screen you’ll see upon your first log-in of the new season.

Ranked Season 9 will start soon and features Ranked Solos for the first time, thanks to your feedback! That’s right, starting with Season 9, you’ll finally be able to test your skills in the traditional Battle Royale format, standing alone against an entire Battleground of enemies! We’re excited to debut this new ranked mode but for now, there’s still time to earn the Season 8 rewards before it ends. Drop in and Rank up today!

- The PUBG Dev Team

We're thrilled to see so many of you enjoying the new Arena Mode!  Based on your response, we have decided to expand Arena Mode's schedule to allow more time for playing and testing it out.

Arena Mode is now available non-stop until October 8.

With this extension, we hope you all really dive in and get a good feel for it. We're looking forward to your feedback! Thank you and we hope you enjoy the Arena!

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Hello Battlegrounds Enthusiasts,

This week we’re bringing you something new that combines intense PUBG gunplay with the tactics of an arena shooter. We call this LABS experiment Arena Mode.



Arena Mode is a 64 person, squad-based match that drops you into one of several sectioned-off zones on Erangel, Miramar, or Sanhok. You’ll fight it out with up to two other squads to claim victory in your arena. Should you lose, your team will lose one of its 3 chances, which eliminates you once they’re gone. Claim victory, and move onto the next round with a stronger position than those who failed. When 3 or fewer squads remain, they’ll enter a Sudden Death arena where the winner takes all, regardless of how many chances you have left.

Arena mode has some other differences from a normal match as well. The biggest of which is that weapons do not spawn in the world. Instead, you will need to use currency that you earn by eliminating other players to purchase your arsenal through the Loadout menu (PC: L key, Console: Map key(System menu/Touch pad) by default). Knocked allies can also be revived in 5 seconds, which is important for maintaining your advantage in such small, intense fights.

Surviving the Arena means teamwork and smart tactical decisions. From matching your loadout to the terrain you’re in, to watching each other’s backs until you’ve got eyes on your enemies, to coordinating your attack, Arena Mode is sure to test your teamwork and communication skills.

Here’s a quick breakdown of all the rules:

• In each round, 2-3 squads will dive into a random, sectioned-off area.
• Each squad starts with 3 chances and will be eliminated once those chances are lost.
• When 3 or fewer squads remain, they are placed into a sudden death round where the winner takes the chicken, regardless of how many chances each squad has left.
• There are no world spawn weapons. You will earn points during each round that can be used to purchase weapons from the Loadout menu (PC: L key, Console: Map key(System menu/Touch pad)).
• Other items, such as attachments, helmets and vests, still spawn across the map.

• 64 players (16 squads)
• Erangel, Miramar, and Sanhok
• Squadmate revival time: 5 seconds
• Adjusted bluezone speed for more intense gameplay
• Your team will have 30 seconds to loot upon winning your Arena
• Observer Mode Enabled once your team has won an arena or been killed

Arena Mode will be available in LABS over 2 weeks, so make sure to grab your squad and drop in while it’s available.

PC & Console

September 24 (14:00 KST) ~ October 8 (16:00 KST)

As always, your feedback here is important and will help shape the mode should we decide to continue development on it.

We’ll see you in the Arena!

The final update of season 8 is here and brings a brand new tool to help you catch up to the playzone, a new mode of transportation to avoid those heavily camped bridges, some UI adjustments and more!

Take a little extra time in the Blue Zone with the new Jammer Pack! This new pack has the capacity of a level 2 bag and interrupts Blue Zone damage while its battery lasts, letting you catch up to the play zone or utilize the blue zone for a tactical advantage. The Jammer Pack drops on Sanhok and Karakin starting this update!

Treading the chilled waters of Erangel are new Ferries delivering players to and from Sosnovka Island. Four Ferries travel back and forth between two different destinations, giving you some alternatives to crashing through bridge blockades, finding a boat, or swimming it. Add to that a new Assist indication in the UI, two new Team Deathmatch stages on Sanhok, indicators when your teammates enter combat, and more.

The M416 has also received an additional sound adjustment, you can the context related to this change in the patch notes. We hope these new changes are more to your liking, and will be monitoring your feedback.

Add to that a new Assist indication in the UI, two new Team Deathmatch stages on Sanhok, indicators when your teammates enter combat, and more.


Learn all the details in the patch notes or drop in and check them out yourself!

Season 8 is winding down, but we've got a few more big improvements to drop before we're out of the jungle.

Update 8.3 brings a new Ferry system to Erangel, a new item that can temporarily negate Bluezone damage, two new Team Deathmatch stages on Sanhok, a number of bug and hitching fixes, and more. We've even, at long last, added destructible haystacks to Miramar!

Read on for info in all this and more coming with Update 8.3.

For those of you wondering what the new docks on Erangel were all about since we added them last update, your ship has come in!

Two new Ferry lines will now carry passengers across the water from Southern Erangel to Sosnovka Island and back. There's a total of 4 ferries that make round trips throughout the game for those of you not feeling lucky enough to yolo it across the bridge.

• Four Ferries have been added to Erangel
• Ferries allow players to board and travel via two set routes between the Erangel Mainland and Sosnovka Island
  • Each route has two Ferries
• Each Ferry will depart from the docks with the first phase of the Blue Zone
• Once arriving at a dock, ferries will stay docked for approximately 20 seconds before taking to the sea en route to their destination
  • Ferries will sound a horn 7 secs prior to arrival and departure. Hop aboard!
• Ferries are not available in Ranked Mode or Esports Mode in Custom Matches

We've been teasing the Jammer Pack for a while, and it's finally making its Battlegrounds debut! The Jammer Pack allows you to prevent Blue Zone damage for a short time at the expense of level 3 bag space. For now, the Jammer Pack will only spawn rarely on Sanhok and Karakin in Normal and Custom Matches.

• The Jammer Pack uses its energy to temporarily prevent players from taking damage from the Blue Zone
  • An new energy bar for the Jammer Pack will be displayed on screen once equipped
• Once all energy has been depleted, the Jammer Pack will function only a regular backpack, not giving any protection against the Blue Zone
  • Energy depletes more quickly as the Blue Zone deals more damage
• Available in Normal and Custom Matches as rare world loot spawn on Karakin and Sanhok
  • Also obtainable from the Sanhok Loot Truck

General

• Decoy Grenades have been added Karakin and Training Mode
• Miramar haystacks are now destructible (much like their Erangel counterparts)
• Added Pai Nan and Bootcamp to Team Deathmatch
  • With the added maps, the map ratio for Sanhok in TDM has been increased

• Added additional natural cover in the form of trees and rocks outside Bootcamp, Sanhok on both the North and West sides
• Since the recent sound improvements to the Kar98k and SKS, we've received feedback that the overall volume of the sounds are too loud. We've heard your feedback and have lowered the volume when firing both the Kar98k and SKS
• Destructible wooden shacks have been re-added to Erangel
  • These were temporarily replaced with concrete shacks in Update 8.2 due to a technical issue

Sanhok Loot Truck

• Added Jammer Pack to available loot pool
• Greatly reduced the number of Level 3 Helmets and Ghillie suits drops
• Limited the number of duplicate item drops from Loot Trucks, to prevent situations where excessive loot of the same type is dropped from one Loot Truck

Up until now, assists were only tracked during the recap of Ranked Mode matches. Now we're expanding upon it's visibility and adding it to Normal Matches as well, with new UI elements added to show when your assists happen.

Assist UI and messaging has been added to Ranked Mode, Normal Matches in Duos/Squads and team modes in Battle Royale Custom Matches. The current assist system for TDM will remain unchanged.

• Assists are earned after dealing at least 25 damage to an enemy who is then killed soon after by a teammate
  • You'll be granted an assist for enemies knocked within 60 seconds of you dealing the minimum damage, who are then later killed by one of your teammate, without being revived beforehand
  • Assists also apply when these conditions are met in situations where an enemy dies instantly, due to being the last member alive in their team or squad

We've added a visual indication for when your squad mates are attacked by enemy players. This will help teams react more quickly to allies under fire, especially those not using voice comms.

• Additional indicators will now display alongside the existing teammate UI to help you identify when teammates are engaged in combat.
• You'll see these indicators in the existing locations you get information on your teammate's current status.
  • Team HUD
  • Minimap
  • On-screen 3D teammate icons
  • The notifications won't display while spectating (including replays) or watching the Deathcam

• We've made a few improvements to bots to make them act a little more naturally

Sound is a crucial factor in PUBG's gameplay, realism, and fun and the PUBG Sound team has been looking for places to increase this quality further. One place we've targeted is improving weapon sounds to try and bring them as close to realistic as possible. To this end, the sound team recently updated the weapon sounds of the M416. However, we've received a large amount of feedback that these new sounds are not up to the standards and goes against the familiar gameplay experience you expect.

With the above in mind, we've made additional improvements on the M416 sounds. We hope these new changes are more to your liking, and will be monitoring your feedback. Our goal is to provide the highest quality and most realistic gameplay sounds for you, so you can rely on the best gameplay experience and fully immerse yourself in the Battlegrounds.

Sound is a crucial factor in PUBG's gameplay, realism, and fun and the PUBG Sound team has been looking for places to increase this quality further. One place we've targeted is improving weapon sounds to try and bring them as close to realistic as possible. To this end, the sound team recently updated the weapon sounds of the M416. However, we've received a large amount of feedback that these new sounds are not up to the standards and goes against the familiar gameplay experience you expect.

With the above in mind, we've made additional improvements on the M416 sounds. We hope these new changes are more to your liking, and will be monitoring your feedback. Our goal is to provide the highest quality and most realistic gameplay sounds for you, so you can rely on the best gameplay experience and fully immerse yourself in the Battlegrounds.
Train your skills while matchmaking

Players will now have the option to join Training Mode while waiting for their Ranked Match queue. About 30 seconds after your queue begins, you'll be given a popup asking whether you want to stay in the lobby or join Training Mode.

This is a good, completely optional way to warm up and pass the time before getting into your Ranked Match.

• After matchmaking for 30 seconds, you'll be presented with the option to enter Training Mode while remaining in queue for your Ranked Match
• You can choose to either stay in the lobby or enter Training Mode while continuing to wait for a match
  • Bear in mind, you won't necessarily be placed into the same Training Mode instance as your teammates
• You and your teammates will automatically be removed from Training Mode and sent into a Ranked Match once found
• Leaving Training Mode manually will return you to the main menu, where you'll remain in the Ranked Mode queue
  • You won't have the option to rejoin Training Mode if you've manually left
• Matchmaking will be cancelled if any teammates exit PUBG, or cancel matchmaking

• Reduced the chance of hitching or stuttering to occur while the game is spawning items
  • Items will be loaded in advance during the loading splash screen
  • We expect this improvement will also resolve most cases of items not being displayed upon landing and cases where throwing a melee weapon can result in the projectile visually stuttering.
• Character Spawning Optimization
  • Reduced instances of hitching or stuttering which could occur during the loading of multiple vehicles or players at once.
• Optimized shadow animations when exiting vehicles
• Optimized the cost of world particle effects to ease potential overloads which could cause a decrease in performance
• Optimized the rendering pipeline to improve performance

Loot Truck Icons

• New icons for loot trucks has been added in the observer mode.
• Loot truck icons show two state of the truck. Live or Dead.

General

• Player headup UI displayed in the observer mode has been slightly optimized for better experience.
• Added Jammer Backpack (Sanhok and Karakin)

Esports Ruleset update

• Esports Mode has been updated with the latest global S.U.P.E.R. ruleset
• For full details, including specific spawn rate adjustments, please refer to the Global Esports Ruleset available at https://www.pubgesports.com

In an effort to make our friend system easier to use and a better place for all things social, we've revamped the system into a brand new Social Page. Here you can see your friends list, people you've recently played with, etc.

• Improved the friends list popout, replacing it with the new full screen Social Page.
• The Social Page can be accessed by clicking the social widget in the lower right corner of the lobby on the main menu.
• Team invite settings can be changed on new Social Page

Have a quick click around the Social Page next time you're in-game to discover how it all works.

Store - Featured page Overhaul



Store featured page has gone through an overhaul to provide better experience. Browse and interact with the new featured page!

Other

• The outgame background color has been changed to improve readability and quality
• Improved some design components for consistency
• Indicators and a message will now be displayed In situations where connectivity issues to Steam are preventing certain outgame features from working correctly
• Ranked Mode insignias have been aligned on the lobby screen

New Items



CHUSEOK LUNAR

Sets

• Battle Bunny Set
• Floptop Set

Individual items

• Battle Bunny Outfit
• Battle Bunny Mask
• Bunnycomb - M24
• Floptop Tank
• Floptop Hoodie
• Floptop Pants
• Floptop Mask
• Floptop Shoes
• Moondust - AUG

CULT CLASSICS



Sets

• CULT CLASSICS WEAPON PACK

Individual items

• Shackled Monarch - SKS
• Blue Whale Cult - AKM
• Seahorse Cult - Beryl M762

Striped Graffiti - September 30 Release

Individual items

• Striped Graffiti Pink - Helmet (Level 3)
• Striped Graffiti Yellow - Helmet (Level 3)

2020 Halloween - October 7 Release



Sets

• CARRIONETTE COSTUME SET (2018 Halloween option available)
• MALEVOLENT MIME COSTUME SET (2018 Halloween option available)
• GRIM GOALIE COSTUME SET (2018 Halloween option available)
• EXECUTIONER COSTUME SET (2018 Halloween option available)
• CARRIONETTE GEAR PACK
• MALEVOLENT MIME GEAR PACK
• GRIM GOALIE GEAR PACK
• EXECUTIONER GEAR PACK

Individual items

• Carrionette Backpack (Level 1)
• Carrionette Costume
• Carrionette Leggings
• Carrionette Wig
• Carrionette Mask
• Malevolent Mime Costume
• Malevolent Mime Leggings
• Malevolent Mime Beret
• Malevolent Mime Helmet - (Level 2)
• Malevolent Mime Backpack (Level 3)
• Faceless Freak Mask
• Grim Goalie Mask
• Grim Goalie Costume
• Scrapyard Slasher
• Spiker Helmet - (Level 1)
• Caution Tape Backpack (Level 2)
• Executioner Costume
• Executioner Pants
• Twisted Cleaver

2018 Halloween Sets

• Killer Clown Set
• Ancient Mummy Set
• Bloody nurse Set

Gameplay

• Fixed the excessive reverb when firing the AWM
• Fixed the Kar98k reverb sound not playing when shooting outdoors
• Fixed an issue where players could use melee weapons inside the starting plane in War Mode
• Fixed a visual issue with the Skorpion where the bolt moved too far forward in single fire mode
• Fixed a visual issue where the bullet ejector on the Skorpion ejector didn't open after switching to full-auto firing mode
• Fixed an issue where Panzerfaust warheads would float in-place when firing as the player is DBNO'd
• Fixed the issue where throwing a grenade at the exact moment of death created a duplicate grenade in the inventory
• Fixed the issue where vaulting whilst switching weapons may interrupt the action and unholster the weapon
• Fixed the issue where a character's face would display abnormally when performing a throwing action after holding a melee weapon
• Fixed the issue where M24's front iron sight would display abnormally in ADS

World

• Fixed the issue where boats could spawn on top of wooden docks on Erangel
• Fixed an issue where characters could take damage while jumping contentiously at the front-side of trains on Vikendi

UI/UX

• Fixed misaligned text on the Match History screen
• Fixed an issue which omitted helmet level information of some helmet items on the customize screen
• Fixed the issue where new makeup skins are misaligned in the customize screen
• Fixed the issue where some killfeed images overlap with other UI during the Deathcam
• Greatly mitigated an issue where squadmates were not displayed in the team list UI

Sound

• Fixed the issue where menu navigation arrows did not have any sound effects

Skins & Items

• Fixed the strange texture displayed when equipping Plaid Skirt (Flannel Gray)
• Fixed an issue where characters would load into the game only wearing some items, when equipping a bow tie costume and another item
• Fixed an issue where part of the character's body is partially transparent when equipping Heavy Fur Coat and Summer Bikini items together
• Fixed the issue where female character's legs displayed abnormally when equipping Lucha Royale Wrestler Boots
• Fixed the clipping issue when wearing Duncan's Pants
• Fixed the mirrored text on a Retro Synthwave skin
• Fixed the issue where earrings disappear when equipping facial skins (Mustache, masks etc.) along with Sassy Shades (Red)
• Fixed the clipping issue when equipping hoodies along with the PCS1 Mask

Replay

• Fixed the issue where the TOP 4 UI displayed even when jumping back on the timeline
• Fixed the issue where the TOP 4 UI was empty when skipping forward on the timeline

The replay system has been updated. Replay files from previous updates are now unable to be used.