PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) is an online multiplayer battle royale game developed and published by PUBG Corporation, a subsidiary of South Korean video game company Bluehole. The game is based on previous mods that were created by Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene for other games, inspired by the 2000 Japanese film Battle Royale, and expanded into a standalone game under Greene's creative direction. In the game, up to one hundred players parachute onto an island and scavenge for weapons and equipment to kill others while avoiding getting killed themselves. The available safe area of the game's map decreases in size over time, directing surviving players into tighter areas to force encounters. The last player or team standing wins the round. Battlegrounds was first released for Microsoft Windows via Steam's early access beta program in March 2017, with a full release in December 2017. The game was also released by Microsoft Studios for the Xbox One via its Xbox Game Preview program that same month, and officially released in September 2018. A free-to-play mobile version for Android and iOS was released in 2018, in addition to a port for the PlayStation 4. Battlegrounds is one of the best-selling and most-played video games of all time. As of December 2019, the PC and console versions of the game have sold over 60 million units, in addition to PUBG Mobile having crossed 600 million downloads. Battlegrounds received positive reviews from critics, who found that while the game had some technical flaws, it presented new types of gameplay that could be easily approached by players of any skill level and was highly replayable. The game was attributed to popularizing the battle royale genre, with a number of unofficial Chinese clones also being produced following its success. The game also received several Game of the Year nominations, among other accolades. PUBG Corporation has run several small tournamen Games Corona (solitaire), a card game People Corona (surname) (including a list of people with the name) Saint Corona, 2nd-century Christian saint Corona (footballer) (born 1981), Spanish footballer Corona Schröter (1751–1802), German musician, singer and composer Corona Rintawan (born 1975), Indonesian physician Places Corona, Queens, a neighborhood in New York City Corona, South Dakota, a town in South Dakota Corona, Tennessee, an unincorporated community in Tennessee Europe Brașov (Medieval Latin name Corona), a city in Romania Corona Theatre School, in London Central America Estadio Corona, a Mexican stadium La Corona, an ancient Maya city in Guatemala Products and companies Corona (beer), a Mexican beer brand Corona (soft drink), a former brand of carbonated drinks Corona (confectioner), an Egyptian confectionery and chocolate company Corona (restaurant), in the Netherlands Corona Data Systems, a supplier of IBM PC compatible computers in the 1980s Corona Typewriter Company, manufacturer of the Corona typewriter, merged into Smith Corona in 1926 Corona (software), a mobile app creation tool Corona, a hardware revision of Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console including "Slim" and "E" variants Science Astronomy and space Stellar corona, the outer atmosphere of a star Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown constellation Corona Australis, the Southern Crown constellation Corona (optical phenomenon), in which coloured rings appear around the Sun or the Moon Corona (planetary geology), a planetary feature Corona (satellite), a 1959–1972 United States reconnaissance program CORONA (SSTO), a Russian prototype unmanned rocket Biology Corona (gastropod), a genus of large tropical land snails Corona (perianth), a structure in some plants Corona, two ciliated anterior lobes of a rotifer Corona of glans penis Mathematics Corona theorem (or corona conjecture) about the corona of the unit disk in complex analysis Corona algebra (or corona) of a C*-algebra Corona graph product, a possible result of a binary operation on two graphs Corona set (or corona), of a topological space Physics Corona, the last phase of a drop's impact on a liquid surface Corona discharge or corona effect, an electrical discharge around a conductor Corona poling, treatment of a material to enhance electro-optic properties Transport Toyota Corona, an automobile Maritime French frigate Corona (1807), a Hortense-Class ship MS Svea Corona, a former car–passenger ferry SS Corona, a Finnish cargo ship built in 1922 and scrapped in 1960 USS Corona (SP-813), a yacht used by the US Navy during World War I Rail Corona station (Edmonton), a light rail station in Canada Corona (LIRR station), former railroad station in the US Other uses Corona (typeface), a 1941 font Operation Corona, a British Second World War initiative Corona, a type of cigar See also Carona (disambiguation) Coroana (disambiguation) Corona Line (disambiguation) Korona (disambiguation) Koruna (disambiguation) Krona (disambiguation) Crown (disambiguation)

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