PUBG: Battlegrounds is someway sufficiently old to evoke nostalgia. The pioneering battle royale sport, which entered Steam Early Access in 2017, will borrow a web page from Fortnite’s playbook and honor its first map. Erangel Classic will recreate the old-school battlefield from the sport’s inception for a restricted two-week run in Could and June.
Developer and writer Krafton says the Erangel Traditional map will reproduce the unique’s ideas, graphics, environment and UI. Nonetheless, it’s going to mix these with “trendy tweaks” to ship “the fulfilling gameplay experiences that gamers have grown accustomed to.” In different phrases, very like remasters of other classic games, the purpose is to really feel as near the unique as potential with out chucking out all of its delicate quality-of-life enhancements from the sport’s evolution.
If the revamped map thought sounds acquainted, Fortnite brought back its original 2018 island map late final yr, breaking its data for participant counts. (It peaked at 44.7 million gamers, marking its largest day ever.) It’s straightforward to see why Krafton would desire a piece of that motion.
Particular nods to the unique map embrace foggy and wet climate so as to add an air of unpredictability. As well as, you’ll discover bench weapons on the beginning island (get able to scramble to your favourite), and all weapons can have diminished recoil to match the unique. It’ll even have a Tommy Gun within the care package deal, a classic map UI and a “charmingly cheesy font and graphics.”
The tiered rollout will arrive on PCs and consoles at totally different occasions, extending the playtime for individuals who personal the sport on a number of platforms (maybe serving to Krafton promote a number of additional in-game gadgets). Erangel Traditional will probably be accessible in PUBG: Battlegrounds on PC from Could 14 to Could 28 and on consoles from Could 23 to June 6, changing the trendy Erangel map throughout these durations. Krafton says the Could 14 patch notes will go into extra element about all of the map’s modifications, so maintain an eye fixed out.
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