Hello PUBG Xbox Community,
 
Our very first Community Event—Headhunter—has come to a close and we couldn’t be more proud of you! Together, you’ve achieved a whopping 4,435,777 headshots as a Community! That’s 4,435,777 melons popped, domes split, and chicken dinner dreams crushed.
 
Those who met the event requirements will receive their prize next week. 2 Militia Crates will be also given as a big thank you to everyone who participated in our first ever Xbox Community Event! If you missed out or are just eager for more, stay tuned for details on the next challenge!
 
https://forums.playbattlegrounds.co [...] er-result/

Phew, 4,000,000 headshots was quite the goal, but you’ve all achieved it with flying colors (mostly red). For this week’s challenge, we’re staying in the same general theme, but narrowing things down a bit. Welcome to Snipe City!
 
What’s the Challenge?
 
We spent the whole last week getting you ready with those headshots, now we want to see our community earn a collective 400,000 kills using Sniper Rifles! The M24 and Kar98, specifically. You don’t have to hit them in the head, as long as they’re not moving by the time you hear the satisfying metal clank of that bolt-action sliding back.
 
How to participate?
 
Everyone who plays at least one round during the event period (and earns at least 1 BP) will be eligible for the prize, should the community complete the task.
 
What’s the prize?
 

 
Every eligible participant will receive Bloody Tank Top, Padded Jacket and 2 Militia Crates!  
 
You can track the community’s progression of the event goal with posts on July 6 and July 9, with the final results revealed on July 11.

Hello everyone,
 
The PUBG test server (PTS) has returned! Although the past month has been slow, this week we’re adding tons of new content.
 
PTS details:
 
Schedule:
PDT: July 10th 8:30PM ~ July 16th 1AM
CEST: July 11th 5:30AM ~ July 16th 9AM
 
Weapon & Item Balance
 

 
New Vehicle
 

 
Throwables
 
Improvements have been made to throwables (frag grenades, stun grenades, and molotovs).
 

 
UI / UX
 

 
     A marker has been added to the map that allows players to check the flight path of the plane.
        The path is visible from when players are at the waiting lobby up until the point when they fall down to their final drop destination.
     
     Added a UI message showing when healing items can’t be used.
        You can now change the reticle style and color on the red-dot, holo-sight, and 2x scope using the scope zeroing keys (hold rb, then move L-stick while ADS: brightness, hold rb then press ↑/↓: reticle shape change, color change)
 

 
Patch Notes complet: https://forums.playbattlegrounds.co [...] tch-notes/

Aww yeah, Snipe City, population YOU. Well, unless you count everyone else who helped and the 476,048 bodies your sniper havoc left behind. Regardless, you have completed your task! Congratulations, Xbox Community!
 
Prizes for the first community event have been distributed and we’ll be sending out this week’s prizes on or around July 18th. A big thank you to everyone who participated in Snipe City! If you missed out or are just eager for more, stay tuned for details on the next challenge!
 
https://forums.playbattlegrounds.co [...] ty-result/

Hello everyone,
 
Our latest PTS patch is ready to push to live servers! Thanks to everyone who participated in the PTS testing process. The issues that we fixed were in no small part thanks to your feedback and reporting.
 
We also want to thank everyone for their patience while we continue to improve performance of the game. Even though today’s patch is more content focused, we will continue to make game performance the best we can. As always, we are closely monitoring our community, so please continue to provide your feedback on the game!
 
Now, onto the patch notes!
 
Schedule:
 
PDT: July 17th 1AM (2 hour maintenance)
CEST: July 17th 9AM
 
https://forums.playbattlegrounds.co [...] update-17/

Community Weekly Post - July Week 4
 
- Analog Movement
 
Analog movement has been a popular request for a very long time and we’re very happy to announce that it will be patched next week with the hotfix. The current movement system resembles playing with a keyboard, where the character is only able to move in 8 directions. This restricted character movement freedom to only 45 degrees between each direction. With the introduction of analog movement, players will be able to move freely in 360 degrees with the left stick on the controller.
 
We’ve prepared a short video to fully show the difference analog movement will bring to the game.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMb8yLs637E

Xbox - Hotfix July 31 Patch notes
 
We’re putting out a hotfix today focusing on game performance and stability, as well as introducing the long awaited analog movement. Check out the patch notes below!
 
Hotfix Schedule: July 31, 1am PDT / July 31, 10am CEST (No Maintenance)
 
https://forums.playbattlegrounds.co [...] tch-notes/

Xbox Game Preview Hotfix - August 7
 
Analog Character Movement
With the previous hotfix which introduced analog movement, sprinting diagonally using L-stick became much more difficult. To address this, we’ve widened the angle of movement for sprinting diagonally. Now the character will be able to sprint at a wider angle before having their speed reduced. Sudden hard changes in direction will still slow the player down (as it will break your tendons in real life).
 
Loading
Files have been repackaged to load more efficiently. Now, the time it takes to load into a game will be quicker. After our previous hotfix, players had reported experiencing a number of issues while trying to load into matches and this hotfix addresses those issues.
 
Because we’ve repackaged the files to improve load times, the patch size will be quite large, despite this being a hotfix. We will continue to work on desync, sound issues and of course continue fixing bugs as well.
 
https://forums.playbattlegrounds.co [...] -august-7/

Community Weekly Post - August Week 2
 
PTS
We know you’ve probably been wondering when our next PTS content update will be. While we can’t give you an exact date just yet, know that it will be coming soon!  
 
Here’s a few things you can expect to see on our PTS soon:
 
    Limb Penetration
        Limb Penetration is finally coming! If you’re unsure of what that means, here’s a handy little graphic to demonstrate how damage is applied if a player’s forearm
        takes a bullet while blocking their head.
 

 
    Dynamic Weather
        Check out our video on Dynamic Weather, which will be added to Miramar and Erangel!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv36ldHkunA
 
https://forums.playbattlegrounds.co [...] st-week-2/