If you’ve at all times needed to drop into Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds, however lacked the PC energy, you may quickly be in luck. The builders are at present working a beta check for PUBG Lite; a model of the game designed to run with a lot decrease {hardware} necessities.
They’ve additionally lowered the financial requirement about so far as it’ll go, making this model of the game free-to-play.
Currently solely obtainable in Thailand, the developers say that Plunklite is “playable even on computers and laptops utilising integrated graphics.” The beta check additionally solely covers the game’s authentic map, Erangel, and you may solely play from third-person perspective, however PUBG Corp additionally clarify that there’s a “dedicated dev team” working to create each “exclusive content” and “maps and content familiar to PUBG players.”
It’s not but clear precisely how the builders will likely be deciding whether or not that is “a viable product for other regions,” however they do say that their objective is to ship the game to “areas where the core game’s required specifications are more difficult to achieve due to the hardware available.” That doesn’t essentially sound like a worldwide launch to me, however time will inform.
Other particulars, like whether or not there will likely be crossplay between this new model and the usual PC game, are additionally unknown. PUBG Corp merely says that they are going to be persevering with to present updates because the beta progresses.
Over in regular-specs Plunkbat, they’ve lately added a nighttime version of winter wonderland Vikendi, leaving me questioning whether or not and the way PUBG Lite will render these lovely Northern Lights.
