Battlegrounds, which has been popular for eight years, what is the direction of the development plan for 2025?
Mar 18, 2025
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This year, Krafton presented interesting new content development, advancement of live services, and long-term service readiness as key development directions for 'Battlegrounds'. Through this, he stressed that he will expand the play experience and improve existing systems to build a more stable environment while laying the foundation for long-term service continuity. Launched in 2017, 'Battleground' has been a hit for eight years this year.
First of all, the existing map will be reorganized in a new way through a large-scale world update at the end of the year. It is designed to strengthen strategic play and provide users with a fresh experience, and introduces topographic destruction systems to Miramar and Erangel maps to make the interaction between users and maps more dynamic, Krafton said.
Various vehicles, items, and features are also added. It will introduce camouflage network items that can cover vehicles, improve flare gun UI and match logs to more clearly communicate the battle flow, and new objects such as gas can create a smoke screen in case of destruction to be used as a factor to change the battle pattern. Animal AI is also added to increase immersion.
In addition, arcade mode and collaboration content will be expanded. The 'POBG (PLAYEROMNOM'S BATTLEGROUNDS)' mode, which was loved by many users, will return with the new stage, and the company is also planning a 'Project Cyclops' based on this. It will also prepare map-based extended content such as 'The Hungry: Miramar', introduce new collaboration content with premium vehicle brands and artists, and introduce a new high-end content, 'Contender System'.
On the other hand, it provides a more consistent gameplay experience by strengthening the connection between general matches, competitions, and e-sports. We will actively introduce various contents of regular matches in the competition to reduce the difference in the play experience between the two modes, and in June, we will reorganize the tier so that more users can feel a sense of accomplishment in the rise of the tier.
Gunplay is constantly adjusted as well. Regular balance updates every two months will increase utilization of non-mainstream guns such as sniper rifles (SRs), light machine guns (LMGs), and pistols, and provide new combat experiences with large-scale rebalancing once a year. Study the action and manipulation sensitivity of firearms, and add new firearms and attachments to support a wider variety of combat styles.
The AI system will also be reorganized in earnest. It is adjusted to improve the simple movement pattern of existing AI to act more natural and similar to the user. Krafton emphasized that AI will show sophisticated combat reactions, such as moving according to changes in the blue zone and using smoke bombs during fighting.
In addition, new technologies and systems are introduced to build a sustainable game environment. First of all, we start the 'PUBG User-Created Content (UGC)' project, and support users to create and share content themselves. It is currently being developed to expand to various modes, and the initial version provides a Team Deathmatch (TDM) mode.
At the end of the year, the service will be switched to the latest console version to improve the overall playing environment. It will utilize stronger hardware performance to reduce map loading speed and improve frames per second (FPS) and graphics quality. It also plans to introduce Unreal Engine 5 to improve graphic quality and build a scalable development environment.
In addition, it will further strengthen illegal program response technologies to maintain a fair play environment. It said it is developing new detection and defense technologies to cope with advanced illegal programs and is also considering utilizing Windows OS's protection.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
