'PUBG: Battlegrounds' Will Soon Be Free-To-Play

The original PUBG will be free-to-play beginning next month. Announced at The Game Awards 2021 by developer Krafton, newcomers can play PUBG: Battlegrounds for free starting on January 12.The news arrives nearly five years after PUBG launched in March 2017 in beta on Xbox and PC, followed by a rollout on PlayStation and mobile devices the year after.Since then, players have clocked in 14 billion hours of play across the game's eight maps -- the largest amount available in the battle royale genre...