The popularity of Fortnite may be precisely why the creators of PUBG are working hard on a new, smaller island map for their own PC-focused game, which will debut on its test servers next month.

Fortnite clips and highlights have inundated Instagram, Reddit, and Twitter at an alarmingly high rate, helping it permeate mainstream culture in ways few other modern have. Epic Games’ cartoony and competitive survival shooter game took a core element of Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds - 100 human players parachuting onto an island with an ever-shrinking battlefield - and turned into a worldwide phenomenon. Map selection debuts first on PC.If you’ve kept even just a peripheral gaze aimed at the online gaming community over the last six months or so, you’ve likely seen the explosion in popularity of Fortnite Battle Royale. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is available now on PC and in Game Preview on Xbox One. The latest Test Server update largely exists to add a new loot box, so it's nice to see PUBG's most passionate players will get to try out truly substantial improvements in the months ahead. It's not yet known when PUBG's map selection feature will migrate to Test Servers, but, given the nature of this announcement, we imagine its deployment isn't too far off. At the current time, though, that shouldn't be a problem. As more maps get added to the game, it's possible that map selection might degrade matchmaking moving forward. was quick to say it will continue to monitor the situation once the feature appears on Test Servers and the live environment. 'We analyzed tens of millions of matches and sorted the data by server, mode and time to make sure map selection wouldn't break the game for anyone,' the post insists.ĭespite that confidence, PUBG Corp. Following heavy data analysis, however, it appears that won't be the case. PUBG Corporation was initially hesitant to include a map selection feature out of fear it might disrupt matchmaking. Because fans had become so attached to Erangel during PUBG's early access period, the community at large was slow to welcome a new arena to the roster.

This is what map selection looks like in 'PUBG.' PUBG Corporationĭemand for a map selection feature began shortly after the divisive release of the Miramar desert map this past December.

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