‘PUBG’ might be going permanently free-to-play

nme.com:

PUBG going free-to-play (F2P) for a week may last even longer, and that this is a trial to make F2P permanent.From August 10, PUBG will be entirely free to play until August 16.

Using the Kpop crossover with Blackpink to draw in new players, it seems that the gesture may become more permanent soon.Prominent PUBG leaker Player IGN announced on Twitter that the move was more than a simple ploy to attract new players.The first tweet to suggest this went out back in July, and has been proven to be true in terms of a F2P week for PUBG.

Player IGN stated that “They’re going to track player responses in a F2P week that’s happening next month,” alluding to the Blackpink free-to-play week ahead.Leak:PUBG wants to go free-to-play.