Is this our first look at PUBG’s desert map layout?

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A recent patch on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds‘ test servers may have revealed the mini-map for the game’s upcoming new desert map, giving us our first real look at the much-anticipated map’s layout.

The map, which will be half the size of the game’s original map, looks to include one of the game’s densest urban areas in the southeastern part of the map, which we may have seen in a recent tweet from creator Brendan Greene. A mountain range will run along the eastern and southern borders of the map, with a prison on the far southern side of the mountains. A military base can be spotted in the north, with an area named “Cartel Mansion” in the center of the map.



What is not included, to the relief of many PUBG players, is water, though the game’s third map, which is set on an island in the Adriatic Sea, will surely be wetter than ever.

The image of the mini-map was created in a neat trick of reverse engineering after players datamined the patch’s game files under a directory titled “Desert_Map” and then created an overhead representation in UModel. All of this is to say that, since these files were being added into the patch, developer Bluehole might be getting ready to introduce the map to the test servers soon.

While PUBG is still in early access, it has sold 10 million copies since its release in March with a concurrent player peak of 970,000 and continues to update it with free content, weapons, and fixes. The only thing that it’s missing is some map variety, though that will be changing in the future.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is available now on PC and will be launching for Xbox One later this year.

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DecyPosted:

-Silky
Mitochondria I sense a lot more hiding now.


Not for long though since the blue circle thingy forces you to move.


Still gonna be a lot of hiding and camping when it closes into the center tho.

SilkyPosted:

Mitochondria I sense a lot more hiding now.


Not for long though since the blue circle thingy forces you to move.

16Posted:

I sense a lot more hiding now.

ZydrinPosted:

This is gonna be so fun to play, will for sure change up game styles to fit the map.

RaubenPosted:

WISH I could join in on the fun but instead I just watch people play...

XboxPosted:

The map looks dope, excited to play it later in the year.

FibrilPosted:

This map looks dope. Still waiting for this to be released on XbOne

SleepPosted:

Honestly, wish I had the $40 to spend on this game.

YokePosted:

Looks dope as hell! Cant wait to for it to come out

L33t-Ninja-MuchPosted:

Looks like a whole bunch of places to hide