PUBG fans should be prepared for a major new update to hit Xbox One, as Battlegrounds developer Bluehole announces the results of its latest community event.
Taking place over the course of the last week, the Snipe City community event tasked players with making 400,000 kills using the M24 and Kar98 sniper rifles.
With the event coming to an end, Bluehole has announced that the community was successful in reaching the goal.
“Aww yeah, Snipe City, population YOU. Well, unless you count everyone else who helped and the 476,048 bodies your sniper havoc left behind,” reads a Bluehole post. “Regardless, you have completed your task! Congratulations, Xbox Community!”
Players will be rewarded with the Bloody Tank Top, Padded Jacket and two Militia Crates. These prizes will be distributed around July 18.
The next Battlegrounds update, on the other hand, is currently being put through its paces on the public test servers.
It’s a big update, featuring lots of balance changes, which can be seen in the weapon damage chart below.
Performance issues are also being addressed, a new vehicle has been added and a brand new weapon. Check out the patch notes below…
New Weapon
• Added the SLR
• The SLR spawns alongside normal world loot. It’s a DMR which uses 7.62mm ammo and contains 10 bullets per magazine (20 bullets when extended.)
• The SLR is more powerful than the SKS but has more recoil. Recoil control is the key to using the SLR effectively.
New vehicle
• The Mirado is a classic muscle car: a fast, four-seat sedan that’s limited to Miramar. It can be found around downtown areas and main city streets
“Think of the Mirado as a compliment to the other unique vehicles on Miramar: The van is extremely sturdy, but slow and ineffective when taken off-road; The pickup is great for off-road travel; And the Mirado is the fastest way to blaze down a highway.”
New Attachments
• Duckbill – A new attachment for shotguns (S1897, S12K). It decreases vertical pellet spread but increases horizontal bullet spread
• Attachable to S1897, S12K
• Light Grip – It decreases first shot/single shot recoil by about 15%. Animation kick reduction has been changed to 20% (from 30%).
• Attachable to ARs, SMGs, DMRs (UMP9, AUG, M416, SCAR-L, SKS, Vector)
• Thumb Grip – It reduces vertical recoil but increases horizontal recoil. It also increases the recoil recovery time
• Attachable to – ARs, SMGs, DMRs (UMP9, AUG, M416, SCAR-L, SKS)
• Half Grip – It reduces vertical and horizontal recoil and also reduces recoil recovery time
• Attachable to – ARs, SMGs, DMRs (UMP9, Vector, AUG, M416, SCAR-L, SKS)
• Scope 3x – This scope has fixed 3x magnification with an illuminated reticle. It’s discoverable as a common world-drop item
• Scope 6x – This scope has variable 3x–6x magnification. It’s discoverable as a rare world-drop item.
Throwables
• Improvements have been made to throwables (frag grenades, stun grenades, and molotovs).
Performance
• We’ve improved the character model rendering process to prevent some small frame drop issues.
• We’ve optimized character movement and animation while skydiving to improve framerate when multiple players are nearby.
• We’ve made some improvements to our network code to reduce network latency.
• Character data calculated radius has been reduced to increase server and client performance.
• Bike animations have been optimized.
• Scoping has been optimized—framerate should no longer decrease when scoping at forests.
• Asset/Building loading in Miramar has been optimized.
• Smoke effects (Smoke grenade, care package, etc.) have been optimized.
New Attachments
• Duckbill – A new attachment for shotguns (S1897, S12K). It decreases vertical pellet spread but increases horizontal bullet spread
• Attachable to S1897, S12K
• Light Grip – It decreases first shot/single shot recoil by about 15%. Animation kick reduction has been changed to 20% (from 30%).
• Attachable to ARs, SMGs, DMRs (UMP9, AUG, M416, SCAR-L, SKS, Vector)
• Thumb Grip – It reduces vertical recoil but increases horizontal recoil. It also increases the recoil recovery time
• Attachable to – ARs, SMGs, DMRs (UMP9, AUG, M416, SCAR-L, SKS)
• Half Grip – It reduces vertical and horizontal recoil and also reduces recoil recovery time
• Attachable to – ARs, SMGs, DMRs (UMP9, Vector, AUG, M416, SCAR-L, SKS)
• Scope 3x – This scope has fixed 3x magnification with an illuminated reticle. It’s discoverable as a common world-drop item
• Scope 6x – This scope has variable 3x–6x magnification. It’s discoverable as a rare world-drop item.