1. PUBG stands for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and was developed by PUBG Corporation, a subsidiary of South Korean video game company Bluehole.
2. The game was released in March 2017 and quickly became a global sensation, selling over 70 million copies worldwide by 2020.
3. PUBG is a battle royale game where up to 100 players parachute onto an island and fight to be the last person or team standing.
4. The game’s map is based on a real-life island in the Black Sea called Erangel, which was used as a military training base during the Soviet era.
5. PUBG was one of the first games to popularize the battle royale genre, which has since been adopted by other popular games like Fortnite and Apex Legends.
6. The game has spawned numerous esports tournaments, with prize pools reaching millions of dollars.
7. In addition to its original PC version, PUBG is also available on mobile devices and gaming consoles like Xbox and PlayStation.