PUBG: Battlegrounds is by some means sufficiently old to evoke nostalgia. The pioneering battle royale sport, which entered Steam Early Entry in 2017, will borrow a web page from Fortnite’s playbook and honor its first map. Erangel Traditional will recreate the old-school battlefield from the sport’s inception for a restricted two-week run in Could and June.
Developer and writer Krafton says the Erangel Traditional map will reproduce the unique’s ideas, graphics, environment and UI. Nevertheless, it’ll mix these with “fashionable tweaks” to ship “the pleasant gameplay experiences that gamers have grown accustomed to.” In different phrases, very like remasters of different basic video games, the purpose is to really feel as near the unique as doable with out chucking out all of its delicate quality-of-life enhancements from the sport’s evolution.
If the revamped map thought sounds acquainted, Fortnite introduced again its unique 2018 island map late final yr, breaking its information for participant counts. (It peaked at 44.7 million gamers, marking its greatest day ever.) It’s straightforward to see why Krafton would desire a piece of that motion.
Particular nods to the unique map embody foggy and wet climate so as to add an air of unpredictability. As well as, you’ll discover bench weapons on the beginning island (get able to scramble on your favourite), and all weapons can have decreased recoil to match the unique. It should even have a Tommy Gun within the care bundle, a classic map UI and a “charmingly cheesy font and graphics.”
The tiered rollout will arrive on PCs and consoles at completely different occasions, extending the playtime for many who personal the sport on a number of platforms (maybe serving to Krafton promote a couple of further in-game gadgets). Erangel Traditional will likely be out there in PUBG: Battlegrounds on PC from Could 14 to Could 28 and on consoles from Could 23 to June 6, changing the trendy Erangel map throughout these intervals. Krafton says the Could 14 patch notes will go into extra element about all of the map’s adjustments, so preserve a watch out.