LIVE FOR FIVE! PUBG MOBILE CELEBRATES ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY

Dubai, UAE – March 22nd, 2023 – PUBG MOBILE, one of the world’s most popular mobile games, is marking its 5^th anniversary this month. Launched back in March 2018, PUBG MOBILE has since established a global community with over 1 billion downloads worldwide. To celebrate, PUBG MOBILE is revealing some of its community’s incredible achievements over the last five years.  

Iconic as it is, it's no surprise that Erangel is PUBG MOBILE’s most played map, with 108.5 billion total player visits – 14 times the population of the planet! The M416 has proved to be players’ favourite weapon with 311 trillion uses and achieving 118.6 billion eliminations, whereas the top prop is the Green Parachute Trail, which has been used 780 million times while skydiving.

In terms of vehicles, PUBG MOBILE players prefer the Buggy most, having been driven 18.3 billion times, but seem to like the Motorcycle better for longer distances. Racking up a combined 3.42 trillion kilometers, players have together circled the earth an astounding 85.72 million times on these two wheels.

Player survival instincts are just as impressive, as over the last five years the always popular PUBG MOBILE Pan has contributed 1.24 billion eliminations out of a total number of 538.5 billion player eliminations. You can have a look at these stats and more in the video here, and get playing to be one of the 10 billion so far to win a Chicken Dinner!

In half a decade, PUBG MOBILE has collaborated with some of the world’s biggest cultural icons, from one of the biggest acts in K-pop to a world-renowned footballer, and from superheroes to giants in the automotive industry, with far more to be announced. In its collaborations, PUBG MOBILE has striven to make the game exciting for everyone, with some partnerships bringing limited-time new vehicles, and others whole virtual concerts for players to enjoy.

“To the millions who keep dropping into PUBG MOBILE to play everyday, thank you all for an incredible five years! The support we’ve received from the community continues to be incredible, and we hope you enjoy the 5^th anniversary celebrations! We’re so excited to keep providing you with the best battle royale experience on mobile!” said Vincent Wang, Head of PUBG MOBILE Publishing, Tencent Games.

As part of the 5^th Anniversary celebrations, PUBG MOBILE has just released the Version 2.5 Update featuring the reveal of World of Wonder, a new creative mode currently in Beta, which will allow players to create their own maps and modes. The Version 2.5 Update also includes Imagiversary, a multi-map birthday makeover featuring two new Imagination Plazas and Districts to grab rewards, and colourful new items to add to the party.

PUBG MOBILE is now looking to the future with the continued roll out of its new World of Wonder mode, and new exciting partnerships to keep players entertained on the battlegrounds including an upcoming partnership with the iconic anime series DRAGON BALL later this year among many others. Stay tuned for more updates!

PUBG MOBILE is available to download for free on the App Store and Google Play Store now.

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ABOUT PUBG MOBILE

PUBG MOBILE is based on PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, the phenomenon that took the world of interactive entertainment by storm in 2017. Up to 100 players parachute onto a remote island to battle in a winner-takes-all showdown. Players must locate and scavenge their own weapons, vehicles and supplies, and defeat every player in a visually and tactically rich battleground that forces players into a shrinking play zone.

For more information, please visit the official PUBG MOBILE accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Tasneem Al Tamimi

Product PR Lead – Tencent MENA

Tasneem@tencent.com