PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, PUBG Corporation’s genre-defining battle royale experience, is free-to-play this weekend on Steam.
Battlegrounds – or PUBG, to its friends – inspired a wave of similarly styled last-man-standing games following its enormously successful early access release in 2017, and while it has long-since been overshadowed by the likes of Fortnite and Apex Legends, it still enjoys a healthy audience, welcoming well over 200,000 players a month on Steam according to SteamCharts.
Since its initial release, PUBG’s 100-player skirmishes have expanded to cover six maps – a tutorial area, original location Erangel, the desert expanse of Miramar, the North African Karakin, the rainforest-themed Sanhok, and the snow-covered Vikendi – with the latter having received a major makeover earlier this year as part of the ongoing Season 7.
Season 7 Gameplay Trailer | PUBG Watch on YouTube
Those who’ve been looking to dip their toes into PUBG – and maybe check out Vikendi’s impressively enhanced dinosaur theme park while they’re there – can play the battle royale game for free right now until 6pm on Monday, 8th June.