PUBG: New State - everything you need to know

(Pocket-lint) - Krafton and PUBG Studios person announced a caller game, PUBG: New State, which volition beryllium a marque caller mobile crippled from the makers of PUBG: Mobile.

Yes, it goes consecutive to mobile, with nary notation of a PC mentation similar the archetypal PUBG.

The caller crippled has been announced, and tons of details person been revealed, truthful let's dive into everything we cognize astir it.

New State alpha testing

Krafton confirmed that New State would beryllium undergoing alpha investigating successful June 2021. This was for those successful the US lone and connected 11-13 June and was reportedly a large success. The 2nd Alpha trial took spot successful precocious August 2021. You tin spot immoderate of the gameplay from the 2nd alpha trial below.

The alpha trial took spot connected Troi, the caller map, to get feedback connected the improvement of the crippled and immoderate features that are coming to the caller mobile game.

The New State story

New State is acceptable successful the twelvemonth 2051, giving the accidental to leap into the aboriginal from the archetypal PUBG Mobile game.

The crippled remains a conflict royale rubric and from everything that's been said truthful far, it looks similar you'll beryllium capable to dive close in, utilizing the acquisition from PUBG Mobile.

The main purpose present seems to beryllium to germinate the crippled further than you'd beryllium capable to spell with a caller representation oregon crippled mode successful PUBG Mobile - truthful it looks similar determination volition beryllium cardinal differences betwixt the games.

The futuristic settings gives the crippled to alteration to exploit a post-apocalyptic setting, with the trailer showing battles crossed an bare buying mall, vehicles littered with neon lights and further weapons. The representation has been confirmed to beryllium called Troi.

There volition beryllium drones and ballistic shields - some of which we've seen successful Call of Duty: Mobile - and we get the consciousness that overmuch of what is being introduced is to rival elements we've seen successful COD:M too. The trailer shows disconnected a skull disguise excessively - precise overmuch similar Call of Duty's Ghost character.

It's besides been highlighted that determination volition beryllium interactive objects, though it's not wide precisely what these volition be, truthful far, though Krafton says you'll beryllium capable to incorporated these successful to the game.

Graphics

A batch is being said astir next-gen graphics. Krafton has been keen to accent that it's going to propulsion the bounds of mobile gaming, utilizing Global Illumination rendering, for accrued realism and intensity.

The screenshots and video teases surely look good, but astatine the infinitesimal it's not known what refresh rates and resolutions it volition support. PUBG:M has ever been a small vague astir these things, utilizing its ain naming strategy for graphics settings.

We fishy that determination volition beryllium immoderate announcements with spouse devices to exploit these graphics. Krafton has said that it's aiming to beryllium the "most realistic conflict royale acquisition connected mobile."

New features

Several caller features person been highlighted truthful far:

Combat rolls

The quality to combat rotation has been highlighted, which raises the question of gait of the game. PUBG Mobile is simply a small slower connected ft than the frantic enactment we've seen successful Call of Duty: Mobile multiplayer, but this is wherever we've recovered combat rolls to beryllium truly effective. It mightiness beryllium that New State is going to beryllium a faster game, though truthful acold it's been said that it uses the aforesaid gunplay, truthful we're not expecting a immense alteration successful gameplay style.

Weapon customisation

While PUBG Mobile lets you adhd assorted elements to weapons, it doesn't spell arsenic acold arsenic Call of Duty: Mobile's Gunsmith mode. Gunsmith lets you customise to a dense degree, which is large for multiplayer due to the fact that you cognize you're going to usage that weapon. That doesn't use to conflict royale truthful much, which mightiness suggest a power of absorption somewhat distant from limb gathering.

It mightiness conscionable be, perhaps, that erstwhile you find a weapon, you get the customised version, a small similar the existent strategy with limb skins successful PUBG.

Adding grenade launchers and occurrence mode selections person each been highlighted - but from the trailer, it looks similar a fig of the weapons are going to beryllium acquainted to PUBG:M players.

New vehicles

The trailer highlights a fig of vehicles. Some are recognisable from PUBG:M but with a small much futuristic lighting connected them. It seems that 2051 volition beryllium filled with bluish neon, with electrical vehicles confirmed for soundless driving, but you're inactive going to beryllium capable to leap into the saddle of a noisy motorbike.

The motorboat trailer besides seems to person what look similar autonomous trams connected the roads, which possibly gives different options for gameplay.

Interestingly, portion drones diagnostic successful the trailer, respective of the images amusement what look similar much precocious helicopters, with 2 monolithic fans alternatively of a rotor.

A caller map

Rather than playing connected the existing PUBG maps, there's a caller representation called Troi. We're definite there's a Troy nexus going connected here, but let's not get distracted.

Troi volition beryllium an 8x8km map, which means it's the aforesaid size arsenic Erangel oregon Miramar, truthful it's big. That's a large start, due to the fact that large maps marque for amended games.

Krafton has shown disconnected immoderate gameplay connected the map, focusing connected respective locations, including the Exhibit Hall, The Mall, Laboratory and Trailer Park, it's worthy a ticker to spot the crippled successful action.

It besides looks similar it mightiness person a stadium connected it, the inevitable bridges and a full batch more.

PUBG New State merchandise date

The New State merchandise day hasn't been confirmed, but pre-registration is unfastened for those connected Android. The iOS pre-registrations opened connected 19 August 2021. Pre-registrations connected Android person already passed the 40 cardinal mark.

It has been confirmed that the merchandise day volition beryllium confirmed successful October 2021 - truthful there's not agelong to hold until we'll cognize erstwhile the crippled volition land.

— PUBG: NEW STATE (@PUBG_NEWSTATE) June 16, 2021

We'll proceed to scour for details and volition bring you each the quality connected PUBG: New State arsenic it breaks.

Writing by Chris Hall. Originally published connected 4 March 2021.