PUBG Gets New Map and Motor Gliders for Season Six

As PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ fifth season comes to a close, players find themselves scrounging for hints on the popular Battle Royale’s upcoming season. Upon its release, players will discover Karakin.

Karakin is a brand new 2x2 kilometer map rumored to include popular features such as destructible environments and Black Zones. The map appears to be getting a Middle Eastern setting. Comparisons are already being drawn with Miramar, another desert map located in Mexico.
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A map isn’t the only new thing coming to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Motor Gliders are set to make their first appearance on console servers for Season Six. Aside from a loot balance on January 7th, this will be the first update of 2020. Update 5.3 went live in December 2019 and included the following changes:

GAMEPLAY
Blood Effect Improvements

• Headshots including the neck area produce more distinct visual effect to ensure clear identification of hit
• Blood splatter will be shown on walls and floors if the character is hit near it
  • The size of the blood splash is unified across all color settings
• Blood impacts on characters will now provide a more precise visual representation of which body parts have been hit

Vending Machine

• Reduced the maximum number of uses per Vending Machine from 15 to 10

Spike Trap

• Increased the overall number of spike traps spawned

Loot Balance
This update was applied on Jan 7, 2020 PST.
Erangel

• Increased AR spawn amount by 20%
• Slightly decreased Gas Can and Handgun spawns

Miramar

• 22% increase to overall loot spawned
• Additional 22% increase to total number of ARs spawned
  • This means the total number of ARs spawned on Miramar is now 44% higher than before

SETTINGS
Cloud Saving

• Settings now can be saved to the cloud in the settings screen
• Saved settings can be loaded in the settings screen when needed
  • This also allows players to load their account settings even when playing on a new PC
• Settings that are dependent on hardware cannot be saved
  • GRAPHICS: All settings in the GRAPHICS category except “Language Setting”
  • GAMEPLAY: “Inventory Character Render” setting cannot be saved
• The Cloud Saving option can be found at the bottom right of the SETTINGS screen
• Test Server settings will only be saved on to the test server account

BUG FIXES
Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where the reticle would shake when ADS with a 6x Scope equipped
• Fixed an issue where character movement would stutter when firing the DBS in certain situations
• Fixed an issue where BRDM collision damage was higher than intended
• Fixed an issue where a disconnected player could float when displaced by a prone character
• Fixed an issue where vehicles would get stuck in tree branches in certain situations

World

• Mitigated an issue which causes players to be bumped into the air when moving close to certain objects

Custom Match

• Fixed an issue while observing and using the x-ray feature where the character outline is not visible after a player is revived
• Fixed an issue where healing items would not show while spectating in free cam when in observer mode

UI/UX

• Fixed an issue where only the ammo of one weapon is updated in the inventory when holding more than one weapon using the same ammo type
• Fixed an issue where the character size would show incorrectly in lobby when moving to lobby after seeing preview of PGC 2019 bundle
• Fixed an issue where character rendering is done late when changing gender while creating a character
• Fixed an issue where item equipped icon and new item notification icon would appear at the same location in CUSTOMIZE menu

Skins & items

• Fixed an issue where [BATTLESTAT] Refined Mictlantecuhtli Groza kill count would not be displayed correctly.
• Fixed an issue where character thighs would be displayed incorrectly when certain skins are equipped.

For full patch notes, click here. With Season Six and its new updates mere hours away, your time left to complete this season’s Survivor Pass. PUBG is now available on PC, Xbox, PlayStation 4, iOS and Android.

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