While we donвЂ™t have a concrete release date for the Xbox One version, or any news at all about a future for the game on PlayStation, we do know that Microsoft now has an added stake in the gameвЂ™s success on console.

Additional titles in the franchise will carry the PUBG name. The game is still only in beta on PC, and yet Greene revealed today that PUBG has sold a staggering 8 million copies since March of 2017, when it was first released on SteamвЂ™s early access program. Rebranding PlayerUnknownвЂ™s Battlegrounds to PUBG: Battlegrounds is the first step in us realizing this vision. That means Greene and his development team at Korean studio Bluehole now have the added resources of the Xbox maker itself, which should certainly help with speeding up development and helping the team hit its 2017 release target.ДЇor those unaware, PlayerUnknownвЂ™s Battlegrounds, or PUBG for short, is a competitive shooter in which 100 players parachute onto a deserted island, loot the ruins of abandoned cities and towns, and face off in a massive land war until only one player or one team of players remains.

But вЂњPlayerUnknownвЂќ himself, game designer Brendan Greene, says Microsoft Studios is now the official publisher of the console version of the game. WeвЂ™ve know since E3 that the hugely popular survival shooter PlayerUnknownвЂ™s Battlegrounds is coming to Xbox One later this year as a timed exclusive.

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