October 18, 2023 Creator Support PUBG Mobile to introduce $100 million creator fund for “Wonder Creators Network” PUBG Studios have already invested $200,000 over the past two years
October 9, 2023 Reigning Revenue Raisers Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time From Candy Crush and Clash of Clans to Pokémon and Lineage M
May 30, 2023 Collaborations BGMI goes all-in on esports with new voice pack collaboration The collaboration features popular Indian esports personalities from the team S8UL
May 29, 2023 Back For Good? BattleGrounds Mobile India is back: So what happened? With the game set to return to storefronts, how exactly did Krafton get into so much trouble in India?
May 19, 2023 Legislation BattleGrounds Mobile India to be ‘unbanned’ Just as Krafton promised, the PUBG spin-off will once again be “available for download soon”
April 14, 2023 Collaborations PUBG Mobile launches Be@rbrick collaboration The popular collectible figurine franchise is the next major collab for the battle royale smash
February 27, 2023 New Hires International Game Developers Association Foundation board appoints three new directors Lisy Kane, James Lewis, and Sarah Spiers bring decades of experience to their roles
November 18, 2022 Racing To Success PUBG Mobile shifts into high gear with new Maserati partnership Several of the brand's cars will be featured as vehicles within the game
March 22, 2021 Master The Meta Master the Meta: The future of modding "Modding has remained a relatively niche pursuit"
December 21, 2020 Catch A Cheat Over two million PUBG Mobile accounts have been suspended for cheating Due to a variety of cheats
November 24, 2020 It's War PUBG Mobile's 2021 Global Championship will have a $14 million prize pool The highest amount in mobile esports
November 12, 2020 It's War PUBG Corp is bringing PUBG Mobile back to India Changes have been made to create PUBG Mobile India
November 2, 2020 Outta Here Tencent pulls PUBG Mobile from India after government ban "We deeply regret this outcome, and sincerely thank you for your support and love for PUBG Mobile in India"
September 28, 2020 Still Banned India's government not likely to bring back PUBG Mobile "The violent nature of the game has been the cause of many complaints from all quarters"
September 28, 2020 Two Become One Krafton to merge with PUBG Corp later this year "The announced consolidation will allow Krafton to create sustainable environments where each of our studios can focus on what they do best: development"
September 11, 2020 Player Very Well Known PUBG Mobile fires past $3.5 billion revenue, accumulates $500 million in two months Battle royale has picked up 770 million installs
September 8, 2020 Battle On PUBG Corp cuts Indian publishing partnership with Tencent "PUBG Corporation fully understands and respects the measures taken by the government as the privacy and security of player data is a top priority for the company"
August 18, 2020 Farewell En Masse Entertainment is shutting its doors "Our focus in the coming weeks and months will be on our team, helping them to find new opportunities, and on our games, to ensure a seamless transition for you"
June 15, 2020 Game On! PUBG Mobile announces $850,000 esports competition known as Season Zero 40 teams to compete for a share of the prize money
April 1, 2020 Overwatch Goes Googly April Fool's Day 2020: From a Fire Emblem Heroes spinoff to Pokemon GO pranksters A round-up of the game's industry's pranks for the day
March 20, 2020 Player Well-known PUBG Mobile crosses 600 million downloads as it celebrates two-year anniversary 50 million daily active users
March 11, 2020 Player Known PUBG Corp chief Kim Chang-han takes top job at Krafton Game Union Amid rumours of company going public
February 27, 2020 Event Disruption Update: Square Enix, Capcom and more cancel appearances at PAX East due to coronavirus concerns CD Projekt Red and PUBG Corp will have no attendance
October 29, 2019 Banhammer PUBG Mobile rolls out real-time anti-cheat system Also has hundreds of staff working on it
July 22, 2019 Job News Ex-Visceral GM Steve Papoutsis headlines new recruits at PUBG Corp's Striking Distance studio Former Sledgehammer, Visceral and Crystal Dynamics vets join the new developer
June 26, 2019 New Pubg In Works PUBG Corp opens new game development studio Striking Distance Former Sledgehammer Games co-founder and GM Glen Schofield named as CEO
June 14, 2019 Stats Royale PUBG Mobile racks up 50 million daily active users outside of China Surpasses 400m downloads
April 24, 2019 Court Order Nepal Supreme Court suspends PUBG ban Ruling intervened with Article 17’s freedom of expression
April 23, 2019 Cash Royale Mobile picks up $65m of PUBG Corp's $920m sales in 2018 Mobile likely low due to Chinese approval freeze
April 12, 2019 Two Bans Two Months PUBG banned in Nepal over addiction concerns in young children “We have ordered the ban on PUBG because it is addictive to children and teenagers”
April 2, 2019 Charts Weekly global mobile games charts: PUBG Mobile hits top spot in the US Google Play grossing charts Charts from March 18th to March 24th
April 1, 2019 Ban Lifted India police lift PUBG Mobile ban in Ahmedabad With exam season over, officials see no reason to renew the Battlegrounds ban
March 27, 2019 Royale PUBG Mobile celebrates its first anniversary with a $2.5 million live event Live music premier provides a soundtrack to PUBG Mobile's big esports plans
March 26, 2019 Legal PUBG Corp and NetEase settle the battle royale cloning dispute Two rival battle royale giants choose to settle the PUBG / Knives Out cloning dispute peacefully
December 3, 2018 Chicken Dinner PUBG Mobile revenue grows 166 per cent to surpass Fortnite for the first time Brendan Greene’s handheld battle royale earned $12 million in the week ending Black Friday
October 17, 2018 Winner Winner PUBG Mobile has scored over 100m downloads on Google Play Tencent's mobile battle royale reaches Android milestone two months after hitting it across platforms
October 17, 2018 Top Performers PUBG Mobile and Lineage M top download and grossing charts in South Korea in H1 2018 The top 10 grossers and downloaded mobile games across the App Store and Google Play for the first six months of the year
September 26, 2018 Drop In PUBG Mobile’s first Star Challenge Champions series launches with a $600,000 prize pool Mobile esports series kicks off with a focus on putting big names centre-stage
August 17, 2018 Dinners On Them Tencent’s PUBG Mobile racks up over 100m downloads The mobile iteration of the popular battle royale game launched four months ago
August 3, 2018 Quite Possible PUBG Mobile is bringing Mission Impossible: Fallout to its pocket-sized battlegrounds The month-long campaign to bring tie-in content and challenges to PUBG is already underway
July 25, 2018 Drop Together PUBG Mobile introduces a new 'Clans' community feature Update also brings achievements and deathmatch-inspired War Mode to the mobile port
July 5, 2018 Battle Royale Fortnite Mobile has five times the revenue of PUBG but half the downloads Fortnite made $92 million revenue in the 11 weeks ending on June 18th, compared to PUBG’s $19 million
July 2, 2018 Goodnite PUBG Corp ends Epic Games lawsuit over PUBG and Fortnite copyright infringement claims Brings end to battle royale spat
June 27, 2018 Royalties PUBG Mobile raking in $700k a day thanks to the new Royale Pass Revenues boosted by 365 per cent in one week
June 20, 2018 Winner Winner Chicken Dinner Playerunknown's Battlegrounds breaks 400 million players PUBG also draws a crowd of 87 million players each and every single day
June 1, 2018 Opinion PUBG Corp's lawsuit against Epic's Fortnite could set an uncomfortable precedent This market has been built on a cycle of iteration and improvement which could end if the Playerunknown's Battlegrounds firm wins this case
May 29, 2018 There Can Be Only One PUBG Corp sues Epic over Fortnite Battle Royale Follows threats last September and a lawsuit against NetEase
May 17, 2018 Dau Royale PUBG Mobile amasses 10 million daily active users Most downloaded game in over 100 countries and areas
May 2, 2018 Chicken Little PUBG Mobile’s first week revenues on iOS only a fifth of Fortnite’s Players outside of China spent $700,000 in its first week of monetisation