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New PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Map Will Arrive In The First Half Of 2018
While PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' second map, the desert-themed Miramar, was much-anticipated when it released last last year, the developers are already promising a third map relatively soon.
In a Steam update from PUBG Corp. today, the developers of one of the world's most popular shooters explained why the development roadmap had slowed down so dramatically in the early part of the year.
"Early this year, development of some of the major features and systems was delayed as our focus shifted towards tightening our anti-cheat effort," reads the post. This is not entirely dissimilar to what Blizzard has said about Overwatch, stating that policing toxicity puts content updates on the backburner.
The major bit of news from the post, however, is a reference to a timeframe for the third map for the game.
"In March, the team will reveal what you can expect from us in the first half of 2018 in terms of our development and new content plans which, by the way, include a new map," the developers wrote. While frequent updates are commonplace for the game and fans are used to it, a roadmap is traditionally used for most service games to let fans know what's coming.
This timeframe puts the third map anywhere between now and the end of June, but delays are always possible even for the best laid plans. It is worth noting that this is only in reference to the PC version of Battlegrounds and not the Xbox One version, which goes along a different upgrade path.
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds came out of Early Access in late December, just a few weeks after releasing on Xbox One.
[Source: Steam Community]
Our Take
I feel like I'm just getting used to Miramar, so I don't mind if they take their time on a third map. Hopefully it is fairly different from either of the first two maps.
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