Based on the week from June 11 to June 18, the first place in the chart of the highest-grossing products on Steam went to PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS. The game managed to top the rankings thanks to the June update of the in-game store and a collaboration with the South Korean music group NewJeans.

In India, a plot unfolds that is worthy of a Bollywood film adaptation. A brief plot of the real story sounds like this: a Pakistani citizen runs away from her husband with her four children to India to reunite with a young man she fell in love with while playing with him online in PUBG.

The South Korean company KRAFTON shared the success of the project in the framework of the financial report for 2022. She also noted that the average MAU of this version of PUBG has grown 1.6 times over the year.

The PUBG Battle Royale will be blocked in Afghanistan (TikTok social network will also be banned). This statement was made by the Ministry of Telecommunications of the country. Recall that for the last year it has been headed by the Taliban terrorist group banned in Russia.

A new day is a new financial report. South Korean Krafton shared the results of the first half of 2022, reporting record net profit and success of PUBG.

Krafton reported for fiscal year 2021 (ended December 31). During this period, the company earned more than $1.5 billion. Most of this amount fell on mobile. Speaking about future plans, the owner of PUBG announced his intention to develop in the field of VR and NFT.Indicators for the year

Korean Krafton demanded to remove Free Fire from mobile stores. She is unhappy with the excessive similarity of this battle royale and her PUBG game. The company has already filed a lawsuit, in which it also mentioned Apple and Google, for not preventing the distribution of the “fake”.

At the beginning of August, the premiere of the film Biubiubiu (硬汉枪神) took place in China, the events of which unfolded around a game in the battle royale genre. Although the audience warmly welcomed the movie, it was not without incidents. The fact is that the battle royale shown is too similar to PUBG. The Krafton company said that it is thinking about going to court.

The PUBG developer entered the stock exchange, but immediately after that his shares sank in price. Within an hour, Krafton’s capitalization dropped by 20%. Investors regarded it as a one-game company.

PUBG developers decided to follow in the footsteps of CD PROJEKT and create a “Korean The Witcher“. This is how Krafton described a new project that will be based on the series of Korean fantasy novels “The Bird that Drinks Tears”.

New items have reappeared in the weekly Steam bestseller chart. So far, this is only Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, which, thanks to various publications, took two lines at once — the third and ninth. Topped the PUBG chart, selling with a 50% discount.

Rumors that Krafton is preparing to enter the stock exchange have been circulating since the beginning of the year. But now the owners of PUBG themselves have announced — they have indeed applied for an IPO. According to the results of the placement, the company is going to attract 5.6 trillion rubles ($5 billion).

The PUBG developer shows the wonders of generosity. Krafton will provide a part of the shares to its employees. Moreover, this will affect not only personnel who are based in South Korea. Shares worth $89 million will be given to an international team. There were some nuances.

Krafton has become one step closer to entering the stock exchange. The willingness of PUBG owners to apply for an IPO this month became known shortly after the South Korean company reported annual revenue of almost $1.5 billion.This was announced on Twitter by analyst Daniel Ahmad (Daniel Ahmad).

The PUBG-owned company Krafton has started preparing for an IPO. It may become the largest in the history of South Korea. According to preliminary estimates, the capitalization of the holding will exceed $ 27 billion.

Krafton has announced a merger with its subsidiary studio, PUBG Corp. After the merger, the development team of the latter will continue to work independently, but the publishing and technical support units will come under the direct control of Krafton.

PUBG, following many popular games, will redo the system of loot boxes. Locked boxes that need a paid key to open will disappear from the game.

This summer, there was a sharp drop in interest in Fortnite among Twitch viewers. As it turned out, not only the views, but also the revenue of the game in the United States fell. In July, she earned 52% less than in the same month last year.

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