PUBG: New State will launch for mobile devices in over 200 countries around the world on November 11. Before that, there will be a final technical test for the game from October 29 to October 30, in 28 countries across Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.

PUBG: New State is set in the year 2051, delivering a free-to-play battle royale experience in its near-future setting. The game will use “state-of-the-art rendering technology and a gunplay system on par with what’s found in the PC version” of the original PUBG. The game will also feature a “unique” player recruitment system, a drone store, weapon customization, and four maps, including the future-set Troi and franchise staple Erangel.

Developer PUBG Studios is also committed to maintaining a pipeline of healthy post-launch support, which will include “new content, improved gameplay, and a season-based service focused on gameplay balance and fun.” PUBG Studios and Krafton will also put various anti-cheat measures in place and will be banning “any unauthorized program, emulators, keyboard and mouse, and actively detect and restrict hacks to prevent cheating and protect the game’s code.”

Krafton also confirms that PUBG: New State has already surpassed 50 million pre-registrations.

Meanwhile, there’s plenty more in the works for the PUBG universe as well. PUBG and PUBG: New State will continue to be supported, while PUBG 2.0 and PUBG Mobile 2.0 are also in the works. Meanwhile, the upcoming sci-fi survival horror title The Callisto Protocol is also set in the PUBG universe, 300 years in the future.

Krafton, the holding company for PUBG Corp and the owners of the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds IP, said recently that they had plans for launching at least one new game in the series in the near future. That game has now been announced. PUBG: New State is a full-fledged sequel to PUBG Mobile, and it is set to launch for iOS and Android devices some time this year. Pre-registration for the game is open on Android, and will be going live for iOS devices soon as well. 

PUBG: New State is going to bring about several differences from its predecessor, but the biggest of these looks to be the setting, with the game taking place in a near-future period. The weapons and vehicles will also be altered accordingly, while we can also expect things such as items, the map, and more to see appropriate changes as well. That’s definitely what seems to be the case, going by the game’s reveal trailer- which you can view below. 

Meanwhile, reports have also indicted that a PUBG 2 could also be in the works for consoles and PC. The upcoming survival horror title The Callisto Protocol is also set in the far future of the PUBG universe. All said, Krafton definitely seem to have a lot of plans in the works for the franchise.