PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS SETS NEW MILESTONE WITH OVER 10 MILLION UNITS SOLD
Highlighted By PUBG Invitational Gamescom Achievements, PUBG Continues to Attain Greater Success SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – September 5, 2017 – 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. 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 PUBG game 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 ...