PUBG Xbox One release SHOCK: Bad news for PlayerUnknown's BattleGrounds fans

PlayerUnkown's Battlegrounds has announced that it will run at 30FPS on all Xbox One consoles.

That means the game will play at 30 frames per second on Xbox One, Xbox One S and Xbox One X machines.

This is in contrast to what developer Bluehole announced previously - where they stated the game would run at 60FPS on the Xbox One X.

The developer had previously stated that when the game came to Xbox Games Preview, it would run at 60FPS on Xbox's newest, more powerful console.

But since the machine is more powerful than previous Xbox One models, it's likely the development team haven't managed to match up those consoles with the One X just yet. 

If the game did launch at 60FPS on one machine whilst operating at 30 on others, it would give players on Xbox One X a huge advantage and would render the game unfair.

60FPS is generally seen to be better than 30FPS because it allows for players to infer more information per second about what's on-screen, and allows players to respond quicker to threats or situations. 

It also looks better than 30FPS, too.

A tweet from PlayerUnknown's Twitter account reads:

While I previously stated PUBG would run at higher FPS at XGP launch on 12/12, I want to clarify that PUBG will run at 30 FPS across all @Xbox One devices. We’re constantly refining the game & exploring options to increase FPS, but this early in dev, we’re unable to confirm more

It's worth remembering that the game will be launching to Game Preview, and by the time a 'full releaese' comes along, the developers may well have found a solution to the 60FPS problem.

This news comes after PUBG made some large changes on its test server, pending their incorporation into the actual game.

You can see the full changelog below.

Two new additional guns:

• DP-28 (LMG world spawn)
• Steyr (found in drops)

Here's what's changing for weapon classes:

• The healing period for bandages has been reduced to 4.5 seconds from 8.5 seconds. The casting time and the amount of health restored are the same as before.
• Players can now parachute and land on certain areas that were not previously accessible, including the outskirts of the island
• Added markings for zeroing distances on 15x scope reticle texture
• Added new 4x reticle for 7.62mm weapons
•Added new 4x reticle for sniper and SMG weapons
• Added blur effect on the outside of scopes
• Bullets now penetrate water based on the velocity of projectile (the faster the velocity, more shallow the penetration)
• Lowered camera position when proning in third-person
• Decreased firing rate of SKS and Mini-14
• Increased sprinting speed while holding DMR in hands (now as fast as assualt rifles)
• Decreased recoil for Mk14
• 8x and 15x scopes cannot be attached to an M16A now

And here's what's changing for UI:

• Applied a new font for English
• Improved designs for in-game HUD, option window, inventory, menu screen, and system message box
• Improved Solo/Team Play UI
- Moved health bars of team member(s) from the top left corner to the bottom left corner
- Changed colors and markings in the mini map, world Map, and team list UI
- Added indicators for team members to check their status (vehicle, parachuting, alive/dead, DBNO, connection status, etc.)
• Improved interaction HUD
- If there is no more room left in the backpack, the font will turn red to show that items cannot be picked up
• Improved the mini map and the world map
- Decreased the saturation of the mini map to further emphasize information of team members
- Adjusted the colors of the world map to increase visibility of markers and other information
- Players can check team members’ FOV direction through the world map and the mini map
- When team members get on the same vehicle, a single indicator will appear
• Moved the kill log from the bottom left corner to the top right corner
• Modified the design of the health bar to show the point for 75%. The bar will not turn red when health is below 75%
• Added killcam feature that can be found in Settings. Now players can check killcams in the result screen
- For Duo and Squad modes, killcam can be checked after all team members have died

PlayerUnknown and Microsoft has confirmed that PUBG will be coming to Xbox One this year.

Brendan Greene – aka PlayerUnknown – and Chang Han Kim (CEO of PUBG Corp) opened the Xbox booth with Aaron Greenberg, General Manager of Xbox Games Marketing and the announcement that Battlegrounds is coming to Xbox One.

The game will launch for the console on December 12 - via Early Access on the console.

"We’re approaching development on Xbox One with the same community-driven focus that we’ve taken with the game on PC," writes Kim in a post on Xbox Wire.

"As a result, the ultimate battle royale experience that fans play on Xbox One will be slightly different than what players know today on PC."

"In addition to announcing Xbox’s XGP launch date on December 12, we also shared the exciting news that we’re on track to launch 1.0 for the PC version in late December

"This has been an amazing year for us and launching both 1.0 on PC and on Xbox through Xbox Game Preview are huge milestones for the team

"I’m incredibly proud of how far we’ve come in such a short time, but I’m even more excited to say that we’re just getting started."