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UPDATE ONE: PUBG PC servers are now down for maintenance and are not expected to be back online until around 6:30am in the UK.
The new downtime is so that Bluehole Inc. can release update 22, which has extensive patch notes that can be found below.
ORIGINAL: Bluehole Inc. has released the latest news concerning their plans to take PUBG servers down today.
Scheduled maintenance is set to commence shortly and will mean many PC players will be unable to access live games.
This is being done as part of the release of PUBG PC update #22, which includes a meaty amount of changes and features.
PUBG downtime is scheduled to begin at 1:30am in the UK and will last roughly five hours.
It means that the main PC game servers will be offline until around 6:30am, unless Bluehole Inc. requires more time to complete the maintenance.
If this happens, it will be up to the development team on when PUBG will be live again.
When maintenance has finished, every player will be required to download update #22, before joining live servers again.
So to recap, maintenance starts on Oct 2, at 5:30pm PDT / Oct 3 2:30am CEST / Oct 3 9:30am KST and will last 5 hours.
“Strap on that level 3 helmet, cause the competition on the battlegrounds just got a little more fierce,” a message from Bluehole Inc confirms.
“Update 22 is bringing a long-awaited Ranking system to PUBG, allowing you to put everything you've learned to the test as you climb the ranks.
“We're also squashing another collection of FIX PUBG bugs, adding a convenient new wheel menu to health and throwable inventories, adding a way for you to upgrade your duplicate or unwanted
skins, and by very popular demand, bringing back map selection.”
One of the main areas of the game being updated is the anti-cheat features, which is getting a notable upgrade.
“As part of our ongoing efforts to combat cheating, we’ve developed a new anti-cheat system in-house at PUBG Corp. which we're now bringing to live servers, after an extensive period on our
test servers. This system is being used in addition to our existing anti-cheat solutions.
“Expect to see a new popup when you start the client. To help us refine our anti-cheat service it would be helpful for us if you play with the "Enable Anti-cheat" box checked, if you
experience issues you can disable this.
“We've fixed previous compatibility issues experienced by some players, although we've kept the option to disable the new anti-cheat system while we go through the final stages of testing in
the live server environment. Once testing is complete, you will be unable to disable this system.”
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