New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….
Original story (published on March 24, 2022) follows:
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, also known as PUBG, is one of the most popular and earliest games in the Battle Royale genre. Developed by PUBG Studios, the game was first released back in 2017.
With millions of players worldwide, PUBG is one of the best selling games of all time with more than 75 million copies sold as of 2022.
Despite being one of the most played games of all time, PUBG PC has seen a rapid decline in its player base with many complaining about bot lobbies in NA and EU servers and demanding to be matched with real players.
But as it turns out, this is not the only problem affecting players right now. Many who play PUBG PC are now saying that they are facing packet loss issues on NA and EMEA servers (1,2,3,4,5).
The problem seems to have surfaced after the recent 16.2 update. Some said they tried verifying game files on Steam and reinstalling the game but the packet loss issue persisted.
As it turns out, players from SEA and other servers are also complaining about the issue. While PUBG developers have acknowledged packet loss on NA and EMEA servers, it has said nothing about other regions.
Moreover, they did not share any timeframe on when the problem will be resolved. We hope the developers soon fix the game servers.
If and when they do, we will be updating this space to reflect the same so make sure you stay tuned to PiunikaWeb.
Update 1 (April 04)
06:14 pm (IST): PUBG support on Twitter has informed players that the maintenance is complete. Moreover, they have also deployed the mitigation for several players affected by Packet Loss in NA and EU servers.
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