Official Site: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Studio:Â Bluehole
Launch Date: N/A
Genre:Â Stealth shooter battle royale
Business Model:Â B2P with microtrans
Platform: PC
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Leaderboard: What do you do when you see cheating in an MMO?
Although the videos are gone now, a group of Chinese net cafe players apparently resorted to violence in response to rampant speed hacking in...
