PUBG: Black Budget
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KRAFTON ANNOUNCES 2026 STEAM PUBLISHER SALEKRAFTON announced its 2026 Steam Publisher Sale, offering discounts of up to 85% on over 30 PC titles, including PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, My Little Puppy, and Dinkum. The sale runs through June 25th on Steam and also highlights upcoming games like Age Twisters and PUBG: Black Budget.
PUBG extraction shooter, Black Budget, gets a date for its second playtestPUBG: Black Budget, an extraction FPS developed by Krafton, will hold its second closed alpha playtest from June 26 to June 29 for North America, Europe, and East Asia. Players can request access via Steam, with selected participants able to invite two friends. The game features a story-driven experience on a tropical island with up to 45 players and supernatural elements.
How PUBG is trying to win back the WestKrafton is implementing a two-pronged strategy to revitalize PUBG: Battlegrounds' appeal in Western markets, aiming to transform it into a content platform and a cultural icon. This involves expanding gameplay with new modes and user-generated content, alongside collaborations with Western artists. The company is also focusing on rapid prototyping for new games in the PUBG universe, learning from early access experiments.
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach sales top 2 million | News-in-briefNew Alinea Analytics estimates suggest Death Stranding 2: On the Beach has sold over 2 million copies, with 425,000 units sold in its first week on PC. In separate news, Krafton is shutting down its free-to-play PC spin-off PUBG Blindspot after only two months in Early Access, citing an inability to sustainably provide the intended player experience.
Krafton shutters free-to-play PUBG spin-off after two months, in line with policy of using Early Access to "quickly validate a game’s potential"Krafton has shut down its free-to-play PC spin-off PUBG Blindspot after only two months in Early Access due to declining player counts. Despite the PUBG franchise achieving record revenues, the company is adhering to its policy of using Early Access to quickly validate game potential. The decision was made after player numbers dwindled significantly since its January launch.
PUBG's extraction shooter spin-off, Black Budget, is finally going to be playable next monthKrafton and PUBG Studios have announced that PUBG: Black Budget, an extraction shooter spin-off of PUBG: Battlegrounds, will begin its first closed alpha tests on PC in December. The tests will run from December 12-14 and December 19-21, available to players in North America, Europe, and Asia. The game is described as a tactical extraction shooter with PvPvE elements, focusing on exploration and discovery on a mysterious island trapped in a time loop.