The PUBG Global Championship 2022, the main PUBG tournament of the year, came to an end on the evening of November 20.

The final round of the tournament saw 16 teams play 20 rounds, with NAVI scoring 179 points. Second place went to 17 Gaming (168 points) and third place went to Twisted Minds (161 points).

The PUBG Global Championship prize pool was $3,358,442. NAVI earned $1,008,338.

<h4>Tournament results:</h4>
<ul>
 <li>1st — $1,008,338 — Natus Vincere</li>
<li>2nd — $504,169 — 17 Gaming</li>
<li>3rd — $252,085 — Twisted Minds</li>
<li>4th — $218,473 — eUnited</li>
<li>5th — $184,862 — OVERPEEKERS</li>
<li>6th — $151,251 — CERBERUS Esports</li>
<li>7th — $134,445 — Question Mark</li>
<li>8th — $117,639 — YAHO</li>
<li>9th — $92,431 — FaZe Clan</li>
<li>10th — $84,028 — Daytrade Gaming</li>
<li>11th — $75,625 — Danawa e-sports </li>
<li>12th — $67,223 — TakeMeAway Gaming </li>
<li>13th — $58,820 — Freecs</li>
<li>14th — $50,417 — Wildcard Gaming</li>
<li>15th — $42,014 — Entropiq</li>
<li>16th — $33,611 — The Expendables</li> 
</ul>

NAVI wins PUBG Global Championship

<h1>PUBG Nations Cup Returns After Three Years</h1>
KRAFTON have announced PUBG Nations Cup 2022 – the event will be played this June in Bangkok, Thailand and feature a base prize pool of $500,000, which additionally will be increased through crowdfunding. It will be the first national tournament since 2019.
The tournament’s line-up will feature sixteens national squads from four regions and looks as follows:
<ul>
<li>Americas: USA, Canada, Brazil, Argentina</li>
<li>APAC: Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia</li>
<li>Asia: Korea, China, Japan, Chinese Taipei </li>
<li>Europe: United Kingdom, Finland, Germany, Turkey</li>
</ul>
From June 16th to 19th these teams will compete in 15 matches with super point rule and a special event match. The company will share more information on the event at a later date.
The previous Nations Cup took place on July 9th – 11th in 2019 in Seoul, South Korea. The Russian team won it, while South Korea and Canada placed 2nd and 3rd respectively. This year the line-up does not include any teams from Eastern Europe, since KRAFTON has recently ceased their operations in the region.
Later this month we will see the start of the regional tournaments PUBG Continental Series Season 6. The competitions in the APAC region and in the Americas will be held on April 15th – 24th, while the European and East Asian leagues will take place on April 29th – May 8th. Each of the regions has $250,000 at stake.

PUBG Nations Cup Returns After Three Years

<h1>PUBG: Battlegrounds Becomes Free to Play on All Platforms</h1>
Following a 36-hours maintenance, PUBG: Battlegrounds servers have become available again. Moreover, they are available for everyone, since the game has transitioned to the Free-to-Play model on both PC and consoles. The transition is similar to the one CS:GO did in 2018 – old players will have premium accounts and receive special rewards, while new players will start with a basic account with limited set of features.
With the transition to the F2P model the game also received a big update. In Patch 15.2, the developers introduced Tactical Gear – a new category of items intended to providing more gameplay options outside of gunplay. The first two tactical gear items are the Drone, which allows players to scout a far distance safely and even pick up an item, and the EMT Gear, which increases efficacy of healing items. The update also introduces a number of tutorial game modes, as well as features multiple improvements and fixes, all of which can be found on the <a href="https://global.battlegrounds.pubg.com/patch-notes/update-15-2/">official website</a>.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds was officially released in December 2017 as a buy-to-play title. According to Steam statistics, a month later the game reached its peak number of concurrent players – over 3.2M players. Since then however the game’s numbers have been constantly decreasing, and last month the peak number of players was about 360,000.

PUBG: Battlegrounds Becomes Free to Play on All Platforms

<h1>PGC 2021 Grand Finals Won by Chinese Team NewHappy</h1>
The main PUBG event of the year – PUBG Global Championship 2021 – has concluded. The first place at the event was secured by a Chinese team NewHappy, who secured over $1,370,000 in prize money.
NewHappy were able to qualify for PGC Grand Finals by winning the summer season of the Chinese PUBG Champions League 2021. At the world championship, they managed to place 8th in the Weekly Finals stage with 142 points. Meanwhile in the Grand Finals they placed first with 159 total points and 98 kills, thus beating Heroic (155; 102) and Virtus.pro (105;62).
PGC 2021 – Grand Finals was held from November 19th to December 19th in Incheon, South Korea, with Chinese teams competing remotely. Thanks to in-game sales, the tournament’s prize pool reached $4,340,000. 
<h4>Event Results:</h4>
<ul>
<li>1st place – NewHappy – $1,378,264</li>
<li>2nd place – Heroic – $666,209</li>
<li>3rd place – Virtus.pro – $344,591</li>
<li>4th place – TSM – $275,673</li>
</ul>

PGC 2021 Grand Finals Won by Chinese Team NewHappy

<h1>Twelve Teams Advance to the Grand Finals of PGS 2021</h1>
The Weekly Finals stage of PUBG Global Championship 2021 has concluded, determining twelve participants of the tournament’s grand finale. Among them are the winners of the weeks – Team Liquid, Gen.G Esports and KPI Gaming, as well as nine teams with the highest amount of accumulated points: Virtus.pro (163 points), CHIBLI (157), Heroic (151), NAVI (146), NewHappy (142), Xsset (133), Spacestation (128), Danawa (127), and ENCE (126). 
Currently the only team eliminated from the event is the Vietnamese team BN United. The rest of the teams still have a chance to qualify for the final stage. This Thursday, December 16th, the event will feature its Grand Survival stage – there, the teams who have not qualified for the grand finals will compete in four rounds. The winner of each will advance to the grand finals. 
The Grand Finals of PGS 2021 is scheduled for December 17th – 19th and will consist of 15 rounds. The team with the highest amount of points will be declared this year’s World Champion of PUBG.
PUBG Global Championship 2021 is being played in the Korean city of Incheon, with Chinese teams competing remotely via Internet connection. The initial prize pool is set at $2,000,000; it will be increased through in-game sales.

Twelve Teams Advance to the Grand Finals of PGS 2021

<h1>PUBG Global Championship 2021 Will Feature Teams Playing both on LAN and Online</h1>
PUBG Studios have announced that PUBG Global Championship 2021 will be a hybrid event, with some teams playing on LAN and others competing online. The tournament will begin on November 19th and run for five weeks, ending on December 19th.
PGS 2021’s line-up will consist of 32 teams: 12 from Asia, 8 from Europe, 6 from both Asia-Pacific and the Americas. The tournament will be played in Incheon, South Korea – teams from outside of the region will flight there, while local teams will be able to compete remotely. The final list of participants will be known after the conclusion of the fifth week of PUBG Continental Series, which will end on October 3rd. 
The base prize pool of PGS 2021 is set at $2,000,000. It will be extended through the sales of in-game items, contributing 30% directly to the pool. Learn more about the event on the <a href="https://www.pubgesports.com/en/news/1105/view">official website</a>.

PUBG Global Championship 2021 Will Feature Teams Playing both on LAN and Online

<h1>Virtus.pro Win PUBG Continental Series 4: Europe</h1>
Virtus.pro have become the champions of the European division of PUBG Continental Series 4 – over the three weeks of the competition, the CIS team managed to get 36000 points. For their first place, the team has claimed $56,000 in prize money and 450 PSG points.
The other two leaders of the event are the North European roster of Team Liquid, who finished with 28000 points, and the Eastern European squad of Redline with 25000 points. These teams placed 2nd and 3rd respectively, claiming $28,000 with 450 points and $25,000 with 270 points.
<h4>Event Results:</h4>
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Following the event, Virtus.pro and Team Liquid are now the leaders of the European PGC rankings, which determines the teams that will be invited to the Global Championship 2021. The next event contributing to the rankings is ESL PUBG Masters 2021 Europe Summer, which will be played online on July 8th – August 1st with $50,000 at stake.
This weekend the fourth season of the series also concluded in the Asian region – the leaders of the region are Petrichor Road (China), PGS Ghibli (Korea), and KaiXin Esports (China).

Virtus.pro Win PUBG Continental Series 4: Europe

<h1>PUBG Update 11.2 Is Live with Changes to Erangel Bridges</h1>
The main client of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has been updated to version 11.2. The update changes the bridges to the military island on Erangel, launches a new Survivor Pass, increases recoil while shooting from vehicles, and more.
On Erangel, moving from the main island to the southern Sosnovka military island has always been tricky, especially in late stages of the game. The bridges did not offer many options for players trying to cross them. Listening to the community feedback, the developers have adjusted the structures of the bridges by adding catwalks underneath them, which are designed to provide players with more movement options. Besides that, they added additional cover on the bridges. 
The new Survivor Pass – Pajama Party – is the game’s first pass that is not linked in time and theme to the season. It comes in two variants – the basic one costs 990 G-Coins, while the premium one costs 3270 coins and offers 30 additional levels. The players will be able to get over 30 rewards by progressing through 50 levels. The progress system has remained mainly unchanged compared to the previous passes.
The update also includes adjustments to reputation system, improvements for match history, and better performance. Full list of changes can be found on the <a href="https://www.pubg.com/2021/04/18/update-11-2-patch-notes/">official website</a>.

PUBG Update 11.2 Is Live with Changes to Erangel Bridges

<h1>Update 10.3 for PUBG is Live with Improvements for Karakin</h1>
The main PC client of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has been updated to version 10.3. The new update brings an ability to select weapon sound effects, improves lightning on Karakin, enhances performance and more.
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Recently the game’s developers started updating sound effects for some of the older weapons, bringing them up to the modern standards. However, many players were used to the old effects and asked for an ability to revert the changes. With the new updates, players will now be able to enable the original effects for the following weapons: M249, M416, Kar98k, SKS.
Karakin, a 2x2 km map initially released almost a year ago, has got a few improvements. First, the developers have updated the overall lightning, making locations brighter. Besides that, they have fixed various bugs to improve general experience of players. The changes come right in time for the map’s release for the mobile game, which is currently in beta testing.
The update also includes several other improvements, including changes to the store and reputation system, as well as performance enhancements and bug fixes. The full list of changes can be found on the <a href="https://www.pubg.com/2021/02/01/update-10-3/">official website</a>.

Update 10.3 for PUBG is Live with Improvements for Karakin

<h1>PGI.S Participants Revealed</h1>
PUBG Corp. have revealed all teams that will compete in the upcoming PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds LAN-event PGI.S. The line-up includes 32 teams from 8 regions and looks as follows:
<ul>
<li>Europe: Digital Athletics, ENCE, FaZe Clan, Natus Vincere, Team Liquid, TSM, Virtus.pro </li>
<li>China: Four Angry Men, Infantry, Multi Circle Gaming, Petrichor Road, Tianba Esports, Triumphant Song Gaming</li>
<li>Southeast Asia: Attack All Around, Buriram United Esports, Daytrade Gaming, Divisionx Gaming, LG Divine</li>
<li>North America: Oath, Shoot to Kill, Soniqs, Zenith Esports</li>
<li>Korea: Afreeca Freecs, DAMWON Gaming, Gen.G, T1</li>
<li>Japan: Detonation Gaming White, Element.36 Japan</li>
<li>Chinese Taipei: Global Esports XSSET, K7 Esports</li>
<li>Latin America: FURIA Esports, Meta Gaming</li>
</ul>
These teams will travel to South Korea in January for a two-week quarantine. The event itself is scheduled for February 1st – March 28th and will feature at least $3,500,000 up for grabs.

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