PUBG on Xbox One Gets Patched for Improved Gameplay and Bug Fixes

Jan. 31, 2018

Playerunknown’s BattleGrounds or PUBG is currently the most popular game on the planet, becoming thesecond-best selling PC game of all timewhile having3 million concurrent playersas well. The game recently made its way onto the Xbox One system as well and broke the record of3 million players within its first month only.

Despite such great sales figures, the game has had its fair share of negative reviews. It is not a secret that the game is poorly optimized, and the Xbox One port has been plagued with a ton of bugs. The development team, however, has been working night and day to resolve these issues, and it is in that attempt that the team has rolled out anew updatefor its users.

The new update brings changes to the gameplay that allows forincreased damage to the vehicle body, and significant damage to the wheelswhen targeted with gunfire. The vehicles will also undergo higher amounts of damage when successfully targeted with a grenade. Also, upon crashing into objects or other vehicles, both the driver and the passenger(s) will suffer increased injuries. However, there is a slight reduction in player damage when being struck by a vehicle.

The new update also brings alonga ton of bug fixes, that many players had been requesting. The team has resolved the issue of the wrong column being highlighted while looting. The auto-run feature has now been disabled while aiming down on sights, and the sensitivity setting for the 4x scope is now also applied to the permanent scope on the VSS. Players can now also use the D-Pad while in the map view without switching melee, pistol, or throwing weapons. The issue of crosshair not being displayed correctly after reconnecting to a game session has also been fixed.

Lastly, the patches bringoptimizations for improving the controller input lag.Furthermore, the visual quality of the reticle (Red Dot, Holographic, and 2x Sight) has been improved.

PUBG currently has over 4 million players on the Xbox One, making the game a super hit on the console as well. The aforementioned update is already live, and you should get a notification for the same soon. We’ve tried out the new update, and the new experience is definitely much more appealing. Do let us know your thoughts on the new update, as well as other features that you’d like to see in the future in the comments down below.

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