PUBG Cell will debut as a medal occasion on the 2022 Asian Video games in Hangzhou, China later this September. The favored battle royale title, nevertheless, will probably be very totally different from the sport that’s performed by gamers around the globe.
In a brand new Highway to Asian Video games 2022 web site launched by the Asian Esports Federation (AESF), it was confirmed groups will solely compete in taking pictures and racing in PUBG Cell to resolve winners. The AESF is a physique acknowledged by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and is chargeable for esports within the 2022 Asiad. The Highway to Asian Video games is its program to pick groups from the respective international locations for the ultimate competitors in China.
The AESF defined every recreation may have 4 groups of 4 gamers, every competing throughout a number of levels. In every stage, there will probably be missions for goal taking pictures adopted by a car drive to the end line. The rankings will probably be determined based mostly on which crew reaches the end line first after finishing the taking pictures missions.
“The traditional gameplay mixes fashionable sports activities occasions akin to triathlons, giving rise to an esports occasion that corresponds with the sportsmanship–Cross-country Taking pictures Competitors,” the AESF stated.
South Korea’s Cash At present reported final month that taking pictures others received’t be permitted in PUBG Cell on the Asian Video games 2022 because of issues it might “hurt the concord” between international locations.
Dot Esports had reached out to Tencent final month and the developer offered the next assertion: “In accordance with the sportsmanship and the Olympics imaginative and prescient, the PUBG Cell Asian Video games model will combine the enduring gameplay of PUBG Cell and real-sport recreation expertise, which we hope will deliver probably the most distinctive pleasure for our viewers.”
It seems that OCA and AESF don’t wish to present violence on the Asian Video games, which is why these large modifications are being made to PUBG Cell.
PUBG Cell is considered one of eight video games chosen as medal occasions within the 2022 Asian Video games. The opposite video games are League of Legends, Road Fighter V, Hearthstone, FIFA, Dream of Three Kingdoms 2, Dota 2, and an Asian Video games model of Area of Valor.