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2021 Global Championship for ‘PUBG: Battlegrounds’ starts November 19

This November, 32 teams will compete for over $2 Million.

PlayerUnknown might’ve taken his leave from PUBG: Battlegrounds, but that hasn’t stopped the battle royale phenomenon from proceeding with its 2021 Global Championships. On Monday, PUBG Esports announced that its massive tournament would begin on Nov. 19. 

Like many other prominent esports events this year, the 2021 PUBG Global Global Championships will utilize both LAN and online elements for its tournament structure to ensure the safety of all participants, with teams being invited to Paradise City in Incheon, Korea to participate. The five-week-long event will run from Nov. 19 through Dec. 19, with 32 teams from all over the world competing for a staggering $2 Million.

“The year 2021 was another tough one due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,” reads a statement from the PUBG Esports Team. “But we’ve done our best to continue PUBG Esports globally by hosting PGI.S and 2 PUBG Continental Series events.”

Safe to say that everyone even slightly interested in PUBG: Battlegrounds will tune in this November.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF. 

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Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown’ Greene leaves ‘PUBG’ for independent studio

The mind behind battle royale is moving on.

Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene, who many consider responsible for popularizing the battle royale genre when he created PUBG: Battlegrounds, has left the game and developer Krafton behind to form an independent studio. 

PlayerUnknown Productions, Greene’s new studio, is based in Amsterdam and will create open-world games in the years to come according to a press release. Thus far, the only project we know of that’s in development at the studio is Prologue, which has yet to resurface since its announcement in 2019. 

“I’m so very grateful to everyone at PUBG and KRAFTON for taking a chance on me and for the opportunities they afforded me over the past four years,” said Greene in the same press release. “Today, I’m excited to take the next step on my journey to create the kind of experience I’ve envisaged for years. Again, I’m thankful for everyone at KRAFTON for supporting my plans, and I’ll have more to reveal more about our project at a later date.”

Check out the teaser trailer for Prologue for yourself below.

Greene certainly left an indelible mark on the video game industry with PUBG: Battlegrounds. There would likely be no Apex Legends, Fortnite, or Call of Duty: Warzone had he not come up with the concept of battle royale as a game type in the first place.

Hopefully, Prologue makes just as big of a splash whenever it comes out.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF. 

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