PUBG Lite builders introduced final month that the sport shall be reaching finish of service as we speak, April 29. In a termination schedule shared by the builders on March 30, the staff introduced that step one within the termination course of shall be shutting down the lite.pubg.com webpage adopted by finish of service on April 29. PUBG Lite is a toned down model of PUBG making it playable on low-end PC setups. It follows the identical battle royale idea and in contrast to the unique PUBG for PC, PUBG Lite was free-to-play.
After the ban of PUBG Mobile in India in September Last Year, the corporate has been engaged on making a comeback within the nation, and in the course of the announcement of PUBG: New State had mentioned that it’s nonetheless targeted on PUBG Mobile India for the nation. On PC, PUBG was not banned, and PUBG Lite made the sport accessible to numerous individuals.
Today, April 29, marks the tip of service for PUBG Lite as introduced by the builders late final month. As of 5am UTC (10:30am IST), PUBG Lite will cease working which suggests gamers will be unable to get into matches or spend their in-game foreign money anymore. Till now, regardless that the lite.pubg.com webpage was shut down and new downloads of the sport have been stopped final month, gamers who already had the sport have been allowed to play PUBG Lite as traditional.
The termination schedule additionally states that from May 29, participant help for PUBG Lite is not going to be obtainable. This would mark the completion of the termination course of for the sport that launched in India in July 2019. The PUBG LITE Facebook web page, nonetheless, will proceed to function even after the service ends.
The developer of the sport, PUBG Corporation, and writer Krafton didn’t share a motive for termination and of their unique announcement mentioned, “We are deeply grateful for the passion and support from the astounding number of PUBG LITE fans that have been with us. During the strenuous times of the COVID-19 pandemic, we hope that PUBG LITE was able to provide our fans a fun way to stay safe. Unfortunately, we have made the difficult decision to close service after much deliberation and the time has come for our journey to end. We regretfully inform you that service of PUBG LITE is scheduled to end on April 29th, 2021 (UTC).”
Since launch, PUBG Lite has change into fairly in style on account of its low necessities and functionality of operating on on a regular basis use laptops, on prime of being free-to-play. Back in December 2020, the sport grew to become 100% free as all in-game content material grew to become free and the L-COIN (paid money) top-up system was terminated.