Microsoft revealed during Gamescom 2018 that version 1.0 of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds would arrive on September 4th for the Xbox One. Switching things up and heading to Bluehole to discuss development, the publisher confirmed that the map Sanhok will also be coming to the console, along with War Mode and custom games.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds first released on Xbox Game Preview in December 2017, launching in an early access state while the PC version would enter its version 1.0 release. It faced several issues with performance and glitches at launch, but the development team has worked to get things back on track. The Xbox One version has since received new maps, updates, and other improvements.

PUBG Corp has also recently started a campaign to “fix” the game for PC, improving performance and network stability for the current player base. Though it’s seen some decline in popularity over the past several months, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is still extremely popular on both Xbox One and PC.

Next Halo

The big question ever since the release of Halo 5 has been obvious – when is the next Halo coming (and no, Halo Wars 2 doesn’t count)? As per 343 Industries founder and head Bonnie Ross in June 2017, the development team is currently working on the “next big Halo”. Apparently it was “good” but not quite ready for announcement. Could E3 2018 be the right time? One can certainly hope.

We’re counting down the days till the release of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds on Xbox One but it will also be entering its version 1.0 state in late December, adding a whole bunch of new features in the process. Bluehole has announced that the second test build for version 1.0 will go live again for test servers on November 27th, 6 PM PST to December 1st, 2 AM PST.

Thanks to the updated patch notes, we know about some of the changes that have been made over last week’s build. Some crashes that occurred with the kill cam function have been fixed. Red zone bomb effects have been improved the volume of explosions modified.

As for the user interface, the font of the in-game HUD, inventory item names, etc. has been changed while the compass design has been improved. You can check out the updated notes below or head on over to Steam to see the previous notes in addition to this week’s.

Bug Fixes

Fixed the issue of the boost icon not showing up on the health bar when a player uses a boost item

Kill Cam

(Note: please enable the kill cam in Options before you enter a match)
Fixed some of the crashes related with the kill cam function
Fixed the client freezing issue right after recording the kill cam
Fixed the issue of weapon images overlapping in the inventory slot
Fixed the delay on weapon swapping animation when watching a kill cam

Sound

Improved the red zone bomb sound effects and modified the volume of the explosions

UI/UX

Changed the font for game HUD, inventory item names, etc.
Improved the design of the compass
Improved the back panel colors and transparency for all game HUD elements
Improved the back panel colors and transparency for kill log icons
Applied a blur effect to the background of the game result screen
Changed death icon of kill log into a skull shape icon