Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds new yr motion will see gamers attending to drop in on a model new 64-player map, the island of Karakin. Set in a delightfully arid desert location, Karakin has fully destructible buildings due to an edgy new function named Black Zone – a hazard that modifications the map structure every match.
On prime of this, gamers who loved the Motor Glider featured on PUBG Labs final month will likely be thrilled to listen to it hits stay servers immediately. I’m positive it received’t be lengthy now till you’re all swooping cinematically, dodging bullets and particles from all of these crumbling buildings.
But to begin with, let’s speak new map. The devs say: “Karakin is a 2×2 km island off the coast of Northern Africa. It’s an arid, rocky environment that provides wide-open terrain and challenging engagements. It’s small, fast, and dangerous: Expect the tension of Miramar combined with the pace of Sanhok.”
From the trailer above, it seems like there’s an excellent combination of open house for lengthy distance firefights, and enclosed buildings for extra up-close engagements. You won’t wish to keep in these buildings for too lengthy although, as the brand new Black Zone hazard is designed particularly to push campers out of them.
Like the Red Zone already within the game, the Black Zone is basically an enormous previous bombing. Unlike the Red Zone nonetheless, the Black Zone’s bombs can destroy buildings. One match you may discover that a lot of the island’s structure stays intact, whereas the subsequent may go away you scrambling round within the rubble of a very decimated city. You’ll know when it’s about to drop when a purple ring seems in your minimap, for those who’re stood in it, you’d be clever to not dangle round there for for much longer.
Other new options on Karakin embrace bullet penetration on weaker partitions, in addition to new sticky bombs, which might be positioned on particular Breach Points to destroy them (harking back to Rainbow Six Siege). A great tool for combating, but additionally for looting, as PUBG Corp have even hidden some secret stashes so that you can discover.
Karakin is stay on PUBG’s check server proper now, and we’re advised it’ll arrive when Season 6 begins on the 22nd of January.
The new and improved Motor Glider isn’t out there on Karakin in the meanwhile, however you possibly can fly round on it on each Erangel and Miramar, with seats sufficient for your self and one wing-man. 10 Gliders will spawn in 40 attainable places every match, and also you’ll have to gas up that unhealthy boy earlier than you possibly can take off.
The PUBG Labs report says that the engine will lose energy the upper you fly, however there isn’t truly a most altitude you possibly can attain, which completely seems like a problem.
In reality, Lauren Morton just about summed up my emotions in regards to the Motor Glider when she reported on it last month: “Suffice it to say this addition is not aimed at someone of my skill level. That said, I am absolutely looking forward to the inevitable videos and gifs of the more talented among you pulling off some enviable sky battles.”
For extra data on the whole lot introduced within the newest replace, head over to Plunkbat’s website.
