_PUBG _ Season 7 has just landed and there's a myriad of new things for players to sink their teeth into. The chief among them, are the new locations to explore as well as a tweaked weapon lineup to try

PUBG (PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds) was first released by PUBG Corporation on December 20, 2017. After it launched, it quickly became the staple of the 'Battle Royle' genre that's generating more mainstream attention worldwide. Inspired by the Japanese film Battle Royale , which was released in 2000, this game pits up to one hundred players (in teams of four people) on a diverse open-world map. The map is an island that's peppered with; rural, urban, and dilapidated regional areas that are updated with each season. Each match starts with everyone air-dropping on the island, freely picking the location on where to land, and making landfall totally unarmed. Once they touch the ground, the squads must feverishly scour the landscape for; weapons, gear, armor, and vehicles in order to efficiently "load up" for the skirmishes ahead and survive the ma

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds may be one of the most dominant multiplayer releases of the past few years, but its shortcomings have come to eclipse the title’s once-sterling reputation. While the community circa March 2017 was optimistic and largely agreed that the game had quite a lot of potential, things seem on the verge of unraveling just two years later. When news came in late September last year that developer Bluehole would be axing the option to switch regions and gating certain players’ access to servers depending on ping, PUBG fans rejoiced. However, nearly six months have gone by since these features were implemented in Update 22, and the game’s multiplayer functionalities are still in a state of ch

P18C: The P18C is an autofire pistol that can chew up opponents at close to medium range. Perhaps, it's the most deadly pistol in PUBG . If players are having a difficult time finding a decent arsenal during a match, then this pistol is a good sidearm to start with and hold o

It’s not all bad, of course; players in southeast Asia, Oceania, and Russia have found queue times to be more tolerable since the update, and it has helped to lessen the tide of undesirable players in certain regions. That said, Bluehole hasn’t done enough to bring frustrated players back, and this is merely one of many major stability issues inherent in the experience. While titles like Epic Games’ Fortnite and the aforementioned Apex Legends seem to be providing much smoother, more player-friendly experiences, Bluehole appears to be doing little more than sit on their thumbs as the community which once vehemently supported their Project windless moves on for greener pastu

PUBG has something like a closed environment; the changes and updates they implement are often things they have already planned, and gamers rarely have any input. But this changes with Fortnite , which is what makes this game so popu

It would be challenging to mention Call of Duty: Mobile without noting its console-based cousin, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout. Whether you prefer the mobile version or the other, both games are exceptional in their own ri

The issue stems from the fact that Bluehole has by-and-large done nothing to quell complaints of Chinese-based hackers invading North American and European servers. While the lag introduced by linking players across such a great distance would be enough to make the average match borderline intolerable, this major influx of dishonest players has tarnished the game’s playability in the eyes of most f

As a squad-based game, Fortnite players rely on each other. Players also rely on teammates in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. The two games have become household names because of their addictiveness and inventiven

All of this is not to say that PUBG on PS4 isn't fun, as it's definitely a serviceable experience for Battle Royale aficionados who want a more strategic and deliberately paced alternative to competitors like Fortnite and Black Ops 4 's Blackout . Unfortunately, though, there are still a host of problems that PUBG Corp. needs to address so as to justify the PlayStation 4 port's $30 price

Aside from the haphazard messiness of the controls, one major asset of PUBG on PS4 is the dependable and realistic quality of the shooting itself, as it generally feels solid no matter which of the wealth of different guns and weapon modifications players wield. Nevertheless, basic movement and evasive maneuvers–especially when in vehicles–can occasionally be unreliable and ineffective, with the floaty feel of jumping being among the worst offenders. Naturally, this hampers the inherently pleasurable nature of getting to use the actual firing mechanics when a firefight does break out. Plus, accessing menus on the fly is incredibly unintuitive, with the poor quality of their designs and layouts often prompting confusion and frustration. With this being the case, the PlayStation 4 iteration of the title doesn't offer too much incentive for players to stick around for more than a few matches at a time, thus hindering its overall replay val