PUBG 2: A PUBG sequel with better graphics releasing next year?

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds was one of the first stand-alone battle royale games. While its popularity may have dipped in the wake of big releases like Call of Duty: Warzone and Apex Legends, PUBG is still the only game that provides realistic gameplay in a modern-day setting.

It’ll come as no big surprise to hear, then, that a sequel to Brendan Greene’s game is planned. Colloquially known as PUBG 2, the game is apparently in the works and will build on the foundations built by the first game.

While Krafton is also working on a number of other projects, including PUBG Mobile, PUBG: New State, and the highly anticipated Callisto Protocol game, PUBG 2 is the only game in that series that’ll act as a direct successor and keep far away from the futuristic elements that have so far been teased elsewhere. Sounds good, right? Here’s everything you need to know about PUBG 2, including the game’s release date, rumors, platforms, and more.

PUBG 2 release date is set for sometime in 2022. We don’t have a specific date yet, but Krafton has confirmed the game is in the works.

In January 2021, Kim Chang-Han, the Krafton CEO, told Bloomberg that the company was planning on releasing a new mobile title (which turned out to be PUBG: New State), a PUBG-related game by next year, and a survival horror game in 2022 (now confirmed as the Callisto Protocol) that will depict the “PUBG universe three centuries into the future.”

However, it appears the new PUBG-related game, believed to be PUBG 2, which was meant to be a true sequel to the original game and “grounded in realism”, has been scrapped. The Loadout understands content from that game is now being worked into PUBG under the title Project RE: BORN.