PUBG: a pioneer of the battle royale genre

PUBG

by Arthur Gabriel

PUBG is the abbreviation for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, which in free translation into Portuguese means "campo de batalha do jogador desconhecido". The game was born out of a mod for Arma 3, and at the time was called PlayerUnknown’s Battle Royale. Its creator, Brendan Greene, was approached in 2016 by South Korean developer Bluehole, who showed interest in developing a game based on the concept. Thus, "PlayerUnknown's" comes from the nickname of Brendan Greene, while "Battlegrounds" was the name chosen by Bluehole to replace "Battle Royale". The developer cannot use the name commercially, as Battle Royale is the name of a Japanese film released in 2000. Currently, PUBG is under the responsibility of PUBG Corp., a subsidiary of Bluehole.