The recent release from PUBG Corp. and Tencent, reached international success in its first week climbing to the #1 most downloaded spot in over 100 countries. Throughout the time since its release, developers have worked closely with the community to continue to bring the most authentic PUBG experience to the mobile platform.
In a commitment to bring players the best, full-featured PUBG Mobile experience, the game received its second update, version 0.4.0. The update includes Arcade Mode, Training Grounds, combat fine-tuning, vehicle improvements, voice chat and UI optimization as well as new items in the in-game shop.
Arcade Mode is a new 28 player mode that players can queue up for either solo or with friends. Each Arcade match will randomly choose 1 of 6 variations. Each variation brings its own match theme, which either limits the weapons in a match to one type, no weapons at all, or by allowing players access to all weapons and items.
The Training Grounds are available for players to test out all weapons and items. Players can test their aim on any weapon of their choosing or see the effects of any specific item. Training Grounds are only available solo and provide players with a means to hone their Chicken Dinner skills before entering into a match.
The full detailed patch notes can be found below.
Details for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile update 0.4.0:
Arcade Mode:
- 28 player mode, with each match taking on one of 6 variations.
- 6 variations: Shotguns, Sniper Rifles, Pistols, all weapons, melee only, and item heaven.
Training Grounds:
- Try out items, weapons, and practice your shooting skills.
Combat Optimization:
- Follow function has been added, can be used before parachuting and after landing.
- Automatic door opening can now be enabled in settings.
- Pause time between picking up multiple items has been adjusted.
- The teammate elimination icon now disappears after some time.
- Adjusted sound effects for footsteps, UI, vehicles, and entering /exiting the Blue Zone.
- Jumping is no longer affected by sprinting.
- The crosshair is no longer blocked by the camera when standing next to a wall.
- 4X and 8X issues with choppiness have been resolved.
- New animations for being attacked and defeated have been added.
- Improved firing animations.
- Leaning improvements: movement and animation speed increased, “Lean & Open Scope” and “Lean & Fire” have been added.
- Enhanced combat experience: shake/vibration improved, button feedback improved, animations while being attacked have been improved and randomized.
- Camera perspective now switches after death to the player who delivered the killing blow.
Vehicle Improvements:
- Motorcycles now have flipping tricks
- Added Nitrous Oxide engine to cars.
- Previously used vehicles are now be marked on the minimap.
Voice Chat Optimization:
- Fixed an issue that caused voice chat to stop working after creating a group.
- Fixed crashing issues that have been reported by some players.
- Improved Bluetooth headset issues in iOS (optimization on this is on-going).
- Fixed an issue occurring with Android phones, that was not properly displaying an error when the game did not have access to a microphone.
- Voice chat is now supported by more devices.
UI Improvements:
- Added a new background, Dusk
- Players can now swap between a 2 column and 3 column view when opening crates.
- Added 3D touch firing options for iOS.
- Results screen: added a performance chart, daily reward limits are now shown.
In-game Shop:
- Rank 1 coupons now available.
- Items & cheats now available.
- New outfits now available (region-specific outfit will be available soon!)
- Duplicate outfits can now be destroyed for currency to purchase new items.
A Rename Card has also been added which grants 1 name change.
In addition to the above-detailed update, after hearing player feedback and in a commitment to provide the best experience for players, Tencent has announced that they will begin banning players found to be cheating effective immediately, to ensure healthy competitive play. Players who are found using software or additional hardware to gain an unfair advantage will be banned with immediate effect. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has a complete system in place in order to detect and ban these individuals. Players are also encouraged to report any suspicious activity they encounter in matches, by using the in-game report function.
