Battle royale shooter "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" ("PUBG") officially launched last month and the developers at the PUBG Corporation recently moved the game to a live server. This move required a downtime of at least four hours for maintenance, which started Jan. 10, 6 p.m. Pacific Time / 9 p.m. Eastern Time / 2 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time.
The move comes with an update to make the "PUBG" environment a fairer playing field for everyone. PUBG Corp. added more anti-cheating measures and also enabled everyone to report players they suspect of cheating, with the help of in-game camera tools.
This means that players do not have to be killed by a particular player before they can report.
The update comes at a time where cheating at the game has become reportedly rampant. Cheating is one of the biggest concerns in the battle royale game even in its earliest days, and the developers are taking steps to curb, if not entirely eliminate, the number of those who try to exploit systems to gain unfair advantages.
The developers also added two new loot crates to the game, and they both contain cosmetic items: Desperado and Biker.
Of course, the update also addresses some bugs and tweaks gameplay towards balance. The developers also added more objects in the second desert map Miramar so that there are more places for players to use as cover.
A tweak that will not be a likely hit with the fans is with the energy drink. Fans are fond of the original design so much— they would be disappointed with the fact that they cannot drink "Hot Bull" energy drinks anymore.
Meanwhile, the game's launch on the Xbox One proved to be a success, albeit with minor shortcomings on the graphics side of the game. The developers addressed these console problems with a patch that was released last month.
