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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Has Hit 10 Million Downloads Already

Despite still being a ways off from its full launch, current streamer darling PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has hit the 10 million downloads mark. Bluehole, Inc., announced today that that as of September 1, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) – the first standalone Battle Royale video game – has sold over 10 million units since its Steam Early Access launch on March 23, 2017. Yeah, this game has done stupidly well for itself already, and will only get bigger as we head toward the game's official launch.

PUBG also set a new mark for peak concurrent users (e.g. CCU) with over 970,000, highlighted by the strong reception at the PUBG Invitational at gamescom 2017. During the four day PUBG Invitational tournament event:

• 92 players from 19 different countries globally competed in four different PUBGgame modes (solo, duo, duo-fpp, squad)
• PUBG Invitational was officially broadcast across nine streaming platforms including Mixer, Twitch, Youtube, Facebook, PandaTV, AfreecaTV, Kakao TV, Naver and Openrec
• Peak online viewership on Twitch official channels was 536,000 on first day (solo mode)
• Peak online viewership on PandaTV official channels was 5.6 million on first day (solo mode)

The charity donation pledge is currently being finalized with an announcement coming soon.

"It is amazing and gratifying to see the love and support the passionate fans have shown to PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS," stated Chang Han Kim, Vice President and Executive Producer for Bluehole. "Watching the thrilling moments during the PUBG Invitational with the great feedback from viewers is a realization of the continuing popularity of PUBG and our team is working diligently to bring a solid gameplay experience for full launch on the PC and Xbox One Game Preview versions later this year."

A last-man-standing shooter, PlayerUnknonw's Battlegrounds drops players on a realistic 8 x 8 km island with visuals that showcase Unreal Engine 4's capabilities. Starting with nothing, gamers must fight to locate weapons, vehicles and supplies as they strive to be the lone survivor.

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is now available on Steam Early Access and is launching exclusively on Xbox One as part of the Xbox Game Preview program in late 2017, with the final version launching in early 2018 across the Xbox One family of devices.

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