PUBG MOBILE is certainly one of the most popular mobile video games in the world and celebrates its 5th anniversary this month. Since its launch back in March 2018, the title has created a gigantic global community, with over 1 billion downloads worldwide. But let’s see the results it has achieved so far and the new innovations to come.
Erangel is the most played mapwith 108.5 billion total visits, about 14 times the population of the planet. The M416 has proved to be the player’s weapon of choice with 311 trillion uses and 118.6 billion eliminations, while the green trail stands out among the objects which accompanies the descent with a parachute, used 780 million times during jumps. As for the vehicles, the players prefer the Buggy, which has been ridden 18.3 billion times, although motorcycles dominate when it comes to traveling long distances, making a total of 3.42 trillion kilometres, approximately 85.72 million laps around the planet Earth . The survival instinct of the players is also impressive. In fact, over the past five years the popular melee weapon Pan has contributed 1.24 billion eliminations to the total 538.5 billion eliminations. Vincent Wang, Head of PUBG MOBILE Publishing, Tencent Games stated that:
“To the millions of people who play PUBG MOBILE every day, thank you all for an amazing five years! The support we’ve received from the community continues to be incredible, and we hope you enjoy celebrating the 5th anniversary! We are excited to continue providing you with the best battle royale experience on mobile! ”
To celebrate the 5th anniversary, PUBG MOBILE has just updated to version 2.5 with the reveal of World of Wondera new mode currently in Beta that will allow players to create their own maps and game modes. The update of version 2.5 also includes the restyling multimappa Imagiversary. Players can head to the two new Imagination Plazas in Erangel and compete for the large chest in the center, or visit the ten smaller Imagination Districts located around Erangel and Livik to collect tons of rewards. Here you will find all the information about the new patch.