PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Has Become The 6th Most Popular PC Game Today

The news about the Game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds never ceases to amaze. Now the game, which was just released in March 2017, has managed to become the 6th most popular game in the world.

According to the report, as many as 10.8% of gamers played this game in July 2017. This means that this game managed to beat other well-known games such as World of Warcraft, Grand Theft Auto V, and also Rocket League. The PUBG game lost to the Overwatch game which was in fifth position.

For playing time, the PUBG game also managed to occupy the fifth position. Where this game takes up as much as 5% of all the time used by gamers to play PC games last July. Even more amazing, this game managed to beat the League of Legends game in Japan by becoming the most played game in July with as many as 25.4% of gamers playing this Battle Royale game in Japan in July.

Apart from Japan, PUBG games are also popular in various other countries such as Norway with 22.5% gamers, Australia with 21.9% gamers, and New Zealand with 17.1%. In addition, this game also began to mushroom in the United States with a total of 16% of gamers and also China with 14.6% of gamers.

Where do gamers who play the PUBG game come from? According to reports, most gamers who switch to the PUBG game are gamers who play Overwatch. A total of 24.6% of gamers who played PUBG also played the game Overwatch in July. In addition, there are 25.2% of gamers who stopped playing the Overwatch game and switched to the PUBG game. This is most common in Japan, where 54.7% of gamers switch from the Overwatch game to this Battle Royale game.

Seeing this, it seems that this game will become one of the E-Sports that will be big in time. The first E-Sports tournament for the game will be hosted by Gamescom 2017 on 23-26 August 2017 in Cologne, Germany. The total prize that will be up for grabs in this event is $350,000, – with 6 pro teams officially sending teams to take part in this tournament.

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