Recently, krafton has announced that the game will become
free-to-play, starting from next month which is New Year 2022. The news was
announced at The Game Awards, the new model of the game will go live on January
12, 2022, and will have number of rewards for the new players and existing
users. PUBG has its own legacy from a couple of years since the day it launched
at 2017, it gained its popularity slowly and rose to great height in the esports
tournaments.
PUBG PC Going free for the players of Earth
Finally, the time has come for the battle royale game’s PC
version to be available for free, without paying any dime to download and enjoy
the game. The game still will include some items that will be available after
buying the subscription called Battlegrounds
Plus. The gamers who have been playing the paid version of the game will
get the PUBG – Special Commemorative Pack, a free upgrade to Battlegrounds Plus
given exclusively to the old players of the game, and also some extra in-game
rewards.
PUBG offers users a quite a number of skins which could be
obtained by opening some crates. But since this is new arrival of the game in
the world of freeware, so they giving out free in-game rewards including Shanks
and Shackle Legacy – Nameplate, Pan – Battle- hardened Legacy. The old PUBG
users will automatically will enjoy most of the access to these benefits after
they log into their accounts.
As for the Battlegrounds Plus, it will be a one-time
subscription costing $12.99 (around Rs 983) to access special in-game rewards.
This includes Survival Mastery XP +100% boost, Career – Medal tab, Ranked Mode,
Creating and playing a Custom Match, Captain’s Camo Hat, Captain’s Camo Mask,
Captain’s Camo Gloves, and Bonus 1300 G-COIN.
The free version of PUBG: Battlegrounds will be available on
Steam, Stadia, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, and
Xbox One.
Apart from this, Krafton has also announced a few events
before the free version goes live for people to participate in and win rewards.
There will be three events. The first event requires users to link their
Krafton ID and pre-register to receive a Special Care Package (a Highside Slick
Backpack, Highside Slick Top, and two Preset Slot Coupons). The registration
can be done by January 11.
The second event requires users to invite 3 friends and
receive new rewards like a Highside Slick Helmet, Iron G-Coin Box, and a Bonus
Reward. The third event requires players to take a quiz to figure out their
play style and again, get rewards (a PUBG: Battlegrounds spray and 10
Contraband Coupons). You can get all the details from over here.