PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS 2024 Roadmap – NEWS

April 4, 2024

Hi there gamers!

To start with, completely satisfied seventh Anniversary to you all! We wish to categorical our utmost gratitude as PUBG approaches its seventh birthday. Your unwavering assist and affection have been instrumental in serving to us attain this exceptional milestone.

In the present day, we’re excited to unveil our improvement plans for 2024, that are as essential as our journey so far. Our major focus for the yr forward is overhauling and enhancing PUBG to elevate our stay service to new heights and supply vibrant gameplay experiences.

Final yr, we centered on advancing the Battle Royale expertise throughout Tutorial, Regular Match, Ranked, and modes. Via this course of, we found that introducing one or two new options might truly impression the core gameplay of PUBG moderately than reducing the barrier or introducing a brand new playstyle. Due to this fact, in 2024, our focus just isn’t on making the sport simpler, however as a substitute on enriching the LAND-LOOT-SURVIVE sequence. Our goal is to supply enjoyment at completely different phases of the gameplay, permitting gamers to adapt and craft their very own narratives even amidst repetitive gameplay.

Earlier than we delve into the small print, we should state that every little thing we’re sharing as we speak, together with any talked about timelines, is topic to alter. Recreation improvement will be demanding, and priorities can change based mostly on points that come up and suggestions. As well as, know that what we’re sharing as we speak is not every little thing. Some content material in improvement remains to be too early to share, however we have tried to search out some thrilling options to speak about in our roadmap.

All that mentioned, let’s dive into the PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS 2024 Roadmap!

Table of Contents

Destructible Map Environments

Introducing Varied In-Recreation Interplay Options

By offering gamers the power to strategically destroy sections of buildings, we unlock the chance for them to carve out new assault routes or assemble defensive obstacles. This characteristic hopes to transcend mere environmental destruction, infusing the sport with an enriched layer of technique and ways.
Such ‘destruction’ parts are anticipated so as to add dynamism to the sport and create unpredictable conditions, necessitating gamers to alter their methods flexibly in keeping with circumstances.
Discussions on the ‘environmental destruction’ characteristic are at present ongoing, and we plan to introduce a few of these options within the upcoming April replace, with steady enhancements and expansions to observe.

World

Crafting Recent, Vibrant Experiences Inside Current Worlds

Our goal for the yr forward is to reimagine current worlds, providing novel experiences.
We’ll be fashioning environments akin to the seventh Anniversary Erangel, which is ready to launch on March 13. These worlds will keep their core gameplay whereas incorporating options or objects which can be particular to the season, collaboration, or mode, encouraging participant interplay inside these worlds.

Gunplay

Empowering Non-mainstream Weapons and Driving Meta Shift

Whereas upholding the prominence of mainstream weapons similar to ARs and DMRs, we’re additionally centered on enhancing the usability of much less favored weapons to bolster their impression. Gunplay updates might be rolled out each two months, permitting for extra frequent changes to deal with steadiness points swiftly and foster a steady gunplay ecosystem. Our goal for the 2024 gunplay replace is to introduce recent prospects and reshape the meta by providing better range of alternative.

Gunplay Labs

With a purpose to enable gamers to check and supply suggestions on the gunplay steadiness changes into consideration, we’re introducing the gunplay steadiness modifications within the Arcade initially moderately than implementing them in Regular Match and Ranked straight away. Given the pivotal function of gunplay within the sport, the Gunplay Labs within the Arcade will play a vital function by permitting gamers to expertise upcoming gunplay updates firsthand.
With the upcoming 28.2 replace, the SMG Rebalance might be instantly out there within the Arcade. Following this, we intend to make the most of the Gunplay Labs to analyze gameplay logs and take into account your suggestions earlier than implementing the SMG Rebalance in June.

Updates Primarily based on Understanding and Communication

We’ll keep shut communication to make sure that we’re additionally aligning with the neighborhood’s wishes for gunplay steadiness modifications. Upcoming buffs to the SCAR-L and AKM, in addition to nerfs to highly effective weapons as requested, are at present a part of our plans. We promise to share our improvement course of and rationale for these updates with transparency.

New Group vs. Group System

Dive into new rivalry the place the adrenaline rush of challenges, the candy style of recent achievements, and the euphoria of back-to-back wins await! A brand new gameplay system that cranks up the stress from the get-go is ready to be launched.
Work together with your teammates to compete in opposition to the opposing workforce in scoring, monitor the altering scores in real-time, and seize the chance to ascertain a streak of workforce victories whereas incomes numerous rewards. This technique will enable selective participation, enabling solely these groups that want to take part.
Past the satisfaction of a hen dinner, this method introduces new aims to supply gamers with recent challenges, making ready a gameplay setting the place each luck and ability play essential roles.

Survival Objects, Character Actions, and Varied Modes

We’re thoughtfully specializing in enhancing the survival side of gameplay by including gadgets that facilitate transportation and looting over these with direct fight results, in alignment with the essence of the battle royale style. A wide range of assist gadgets, just like the Restore Package, might be out there as world spawn gadgets.
We acknowledge your need for a greater diversity of character actions, highlighted by options similar to automobile vaulting and Utility Parachutes. Constructing on the momentum of introducing motion parts like automobile vaulting and co-op climbing in our February replace, we’re excited to be creating much more content material centered round dynamic actions. Moreover, we’re exploring the intriguing chance of constructing transportable Ziplines, an idea we consider might add a fascinating layer to gameplay, particularly with well-thought-out limitations.
For gamers on the lookout for a lighter gaming expertise past the excessive stakes of battle royale, we’re dedicated to refining and increasing our particular modes. The PvE mode ‘Survivors Left Behind,’ unveiled final Halloween, was warmly acquired for its function in diminishing the PvP’s oft-felt frustration. Our objective is to repeatedly improve this mode, providing common quarterly updates to cement its place as a staple alongside Group Deathmatch and Intense Battle Royale. We’re additionally thrilled to announce the eagerly awaited return of Fantasy Battle Royale.

Collaborations and Skins

Progressive Weapon Pores and skin System

In our dedication to fostering a optimistic participant expertise, we plan to introduce Progressive Skins for numerous weapons that mirror your preferences, and we’ll be increasing the choices over time. Moreover, constructing upon the overwhelming curiosity you confirmed in 2023, we’re making ready a wealthy Black Market expertise for the yr forward.

Matchmaking

Regular Match MMR (Matchmaking Score) System

In 2024, our objective is to enact quite a few changes to foster a extra balanced matchmaking setting. Whereas numerous elements contribute to matchmaking–similar to connection stability, queue length, ability stage, and area of entry–we prioritize delivering a steady and fulfilling expertise and pairing gamers of comparable ability ranges.
MMR serves as an inside metric for matchmaking in Regular Match, aiming to ascertain a stage taking part in subject for gamers of comparable ability ranges. (Ranked matchmaking, conversely, is predicated on RP, not MMR.) We view MMR as an ongoing space for refinement inside our stay service, and in our dedication to cultivating an enriched matchmaking setting, we’re devoted to enhancing our MMR system to facilitate skill-based matchmaking.

Map Rotation

We’re phasing in a map rotation service that takes under consideration regional map preferences. Whereas understanding the importance of honest and swift matchmaking, we additionally consider it is essential to accommodate participant preferences and selections relating to maps. Recognizing the substantial impression of non-public map preferences on particular person experiences, we’ll proceed to research metrics and actively have interaction with gamers all through 2024 to make sure we meet the wants of as many gamers as potential.
We’re additionally exploring numerous strategies to enhance matchmaking in areas the place it may very well be smoother. For the remainder of the yr, we’ll be speaking extra intently with these areas.

Bot Refinement

We wish to guarantee participating with bots in Regular Match turns into an immersive and significant expertise. Due to this fact, we’re dedicated to refining their conduct patterns to resemble pure conduct and generate numerous situations tailor-made to gamers of various ability ranges. Think about bots maneuvering via the smoke to help teammates or executing your favourite strafing strategies; these enhancements goal to carry added pleasure to your gameplay encounters.
Nonetheless, we don’t intend to overly problem the gameplay or discourage inexperienced gamers from adapting to the sport. Contemplating that bots are a longtime and complicated system, we’re continuing cautiously, prioritizing thoroughness over hasty updates.

Ranked

Linking Regular Match – Ranked – Esports

We’ll be introducing the brand new map Rondo and an array of things so as to add selection to the Ranked and Esports scenes. Rondo will be part of the Ranked map pool in April, with plans to introduce it to Esports later within the yr. We hope to immerse gamers on this planet of Battlegrounds, bridging the hole between the sport you play and the sport you watch.

Rewards

So as to make Ranked extra interesting, we intend to supply new tiered rewards and unique rewards obtainable solely via Ranked play. We’re dedicated to exploring avenues that allow gamers of all ability ranges to ascertain private objectives and reap rewards via constant Ranked play.

Rank Level (RP)

We goal to refine the tiers to mirror ability ranges extra precisely. In calculating Rank Factors, kills will carry extra weight than earlier than, enabling gamers to compete in opposition to others of comparable ability ranges and take extra pleasure of their Ranked tiers. We’ll be piloting these modifications in April to collect participant suggestions.

Extra Content material

We’re at present engaged on a number of options to heighten the satisfaction of Ranked play. Main content material, excluding the RP system, is scheduled for launch in June.

Take a look at Server

We won’t be sustaining a devoted Take a look at Server this yr.
Our Take a look at Servers have been geared in direction of making certain stability and gathering useful participant insights. Nonetheless, the need for separate installations and updates made it difficult for a lot of to entry.
To handle this, we’re together with a testing setting immediately into our stay servers. This transfer will make it easy for each participant to have interaction with and consider new content material. Beginning with the March replace, gamers will be capable to firsthand expertise and assess modifications to SMGs within the Arcade, immediately inside the stay servers.

Recall System and QoL

The recall system might be carried out throughout all 8×8 maps, whereas Comeback BRs might be eliminated. We’ll proceed refining the recall system and search to improve different options which can be at present underutilized or inconvenient.

Clan

Content material Enhancement

The Clan system has flourished since its introduction, incomes affection and engagement from our neighborhood. But, we have attentively listened to suggestions highlighting a need for extra participating actions.
Along with your invaluable insights in thoughts, we’ll be unveiling unique missions tailor-made for Clans, alongside a specialised change store the place the vibrancy of Clan actions will be rewarded with distinctive gadgets.

Content material Growth for the Future

As we embark on the thrilling journey of transitioning PUBG to Unreal Engine 5, we’re concurrently laying the groundwork for a Person Generated Content material (UGC) service. This formidable initiative goals to empower our gamers with the instruments to craft and have interaction with their very own content material, fostering a vibrant, creator-driven ecosystem. By strategically channeling our improvement efforts into these key tasks, we’re setting the stage for PUBG’s enduring legacy as a sport that repeatedly grows and thrives via neighborhood innovation.

Final yr, we redoubled our dedication to making sure a stage taking part in subject for all our gamers, and our strategy has been multifaceted: bolstering the detection of cheaters, curbing re-entries, and pushing the boundaries of machine studying to detect foul play extra precisely. Our efforts bore outcomes, enabling us to impose everlasting bans on 3,188,276 accounts – a 33% enhance over final yr. We have additionally intensified our battle in opposition to unlawful software program by patching consumer safety vulnerabilities, creating and deploying options to neutralize illicit instruments like Anti-ESP, and tackling strategies used to bypass {hardware} bans.

But, the battle in opposition to dishonest is ongoing, as perpetrators repeatedly search new strategies. Due to this fact, we’re not solely persisting with and refining our present anti-cheat initiatives but in addition charting new instructions for our countermeasures, ready to adapt and evolve in our ceaseless pursuit of equity.

Enhancing Detection Capabilities and Superior Deep Studying

We’re setting our sights on considerably upgrading the performance of current options like Zakynthos, alongside innovating new options to determine and penalize cheaters extra successfully and promptly.
Our technique consists of fortifying the sport in opposition to vulnerabilities in actions similar to capturing and motion, complicating the event of unlawful software program, and laying down a sturdy defensive framework.
We’re eager on harnessing deep studying extra aggressively to differentiate and act in opposition to violators. Deep studying fashions, adept at recognizing patterns associated to using aimbots and ESPs, have been deployed, signaling the start of a broader initiative to increase our monitoring and response capabilities.
Addressing considerations from our Console neighborhood relating to keyboard and mouse utilization, we’re taking a twin strategy of knowledge evaluation and technological exploration to plan efficient detection mechanisms. We’re dedicated to transparency and can share tangible progress with gamers on the earliest alternative.

Tackling Unlawful Software program Use Throughout All Modes and Stopping Re-entry

This yr marks a pivotal shift from our earlier focus, which was predominantly on the Ranked scene – we’re broadening our horizon to embody Regular Matches and all different sport modes. Proactive measures are already in movement, and we’re delving into a set of methods aimed toward thwarting the makes an attempt of banned customers to re-enter the fray via newly created free accounts. Extra in-depth updates and insights on these developments might be shared via our upcoming dev letters.

Momentary Suspensions

In direct response to your insights, we’re dedicated to enhancing the method relating to short-term sport entry suspensions.
To first tackle considerations and dispel misconceptions inside our neighborhood, we make clear that receiving an in-game report doesn’t mechanically end in a direct suspension. As a substitute, studies are rigorously thought-about alongside a complete evaluation of gameplay patterns and knowledge earlier than any motion is taken. We acknowledge the potential for inadvertent penalties on well-intentioned gamers and are devoted to minimizing this threat.
Our technique to alleviate these considerations includes sidelining uncontrollable elements like in-game studies from the suspension decision-making course of. We’re leveraging superior deep studying fashions educated to determine unmistakable indicators of unlawful software program use, similar to aimbots, ESP, and recoil manipulation. This strategy goals to minimize the probability of unwarranted suspensions on harmless gamers. It is also vital to notice that this refinement doesn’t undermine the worth of participant studies. Reviews stay essential in detecting misconduct tendencies and pinpointing suspect conduct, which play a pivotal function in our proactive measures to uphold the integrity of the gaming expertise.

Continued Engagement and Transparency

In our pursuit of openness final yr, we endeavored to attach with you, our valued gamers, via clear and forthright communication. Our strategy concerned transparently sharing insights into our anti-cheat initiatives by way of dev letters, stay talks, movies, weekly ban notices, and extra.
Leveraging these efforts, we’re ready to maintain the traces of communication open relating to anti-cheat endeavors and milestones into this yr. We’ll hold you knowledgeable about important achievements and future plans via our dev letters. Our dedication to enhancing our dialogue and suggestions mechanisms with you stays steadfast as we repeatedly discover and enhance upon the perfect strategies for efficient communication.

Only a fast reminder: as talked about earlier, some content material remains to be too early to unveil on this roadmap, and sure particulars shared as we speak might change on account of numerous elements.

Keep tuned for extra thrilling content material all through the remainder of 2024. However first, we invite you to affix us in celebrating our seventh Anniversary, the place you’ll be able to earn a bounty of rewards.

As soon as once more, we lengthen our heartfelt thanks to your unwavering love and assist over the previous 7 years!