South Korean developer Krafton has announced that PUBG: New State has broken the 17 million mark for pre-registrations on Google Play Store.
This is up from 10 million pre-registrations announced in April.
The news follows the game’s successful closed Alpha Test in the US, which ran from 11-13 June.
Data and user feedback from that test will be crunched to further improve the game prior to its planned full release later in 2021.
Android users can still pre-register for the game and will receive an exclusive vehicle skin when it launches.
Pre-registration via the Apple App Store will open during Q3.
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More generally, Krafton is keeping busy in terms of mobile games, with its Battlegrounds Mobile India surpassing 20 million pre-registrations on Google Play within two weeks.
Battlegrounds Mobile India is an India-specific version of the game that resulted from PUBG Mobile being banned in India in November 2020.
Developed by PUBG Studio, PUBG: New State is a brand new version of the battle royale game designed specifically for mobile with a particular focus on improved graphics.
Krafton is currently preparing for a $5 billion IPO, which would be South Korean’s biggest ever.
PUBG Mobile was one of only five games to generate over one billion in 2020.
