The PvP shooter Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds is set to enter a closed beta next month.
Playerunknown, Brendan Greene, created the “Battle Royale” mode for Arma 3. He later adapted it for H1Z1. In this mode, players start in an area and fight each other until only one remains. The play area continuously shrinks, pushing players toward a final confrontation in the center of the map.
The “Battle Royale” game mode enjoys great popularity in some games. Especially on Twitch, this mode is popular. There is a natural tension – fewer and fewer players in an increasingly confined space. This works, regardless of the game.
It’s only natural that Greene wanted to turn his mode into a “standalone” game. And that’s what he’s currently doing.
Playerunknown’s Battleground is this game. It is being developed by Bluehole, Greene is the mastermind behind it, and his game is making good progress. The alpha 2 phase has now ended. Nearly 15,000 players participated, completing 2,792 games over four weekends, as noted in a new dev blog.
In February 2017, a first closed beta phase is set to begin. Here, they aim to further improve the gunplay and animations.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds: Alpha gameplay video shows parachuting, shooting, and vehicles
