This is the full text of Bluehole's 24/3/2017 press release.

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is being developed with full transparency to players and is planned to be in Early Access for less than six months. The development team will use this time to implement and finalize the modding tools, and deliver a complete Battle Royale experience.

A last-man-standing shooter, PLAYERUNKNON’S BATTLEGROUNDS drops players on a realistic 8 x 8 km island with visuals that show off Unreal Engine 4’s capabilities. Starting with nothing, they must fight to locate weapons, vehicles and supplies as they strive to be the lone survivor.

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS Key Features:

Custom Games: Being implemented after Early Access, this feature will allow select groups of players to create and host their own games with special server configurations, such as the number of players, option to spectate the round, play or set game as private with password and more. Additional information about custom games will be announced after Early Access launch.

Realistic Gunplay: Players use real-world weapons found via supply drops to create an authentic and visceral experience.

Massive 8km x 8km World: Players begin as weak survivors and develop into powerful soldiers on a massive, deserted island set in Eastern Europe.

Built with Unreal Engine 4: PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS utilizes the latest development tools to deliver realistic visuals, animations and gameplay.

In-Depth Loot System: Players will uncover a wide variety of weapons, armor, attachments, and much more as they explore – and battle – across the world.

Player-Focused Metagame Tools: Leaderboards and statistics plus replays and spectator mode tools coming after Early Access launch.

Loads of Localization: Launching into twelve languages (English, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Arabic) with translations coming directly from the community.

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is available now on Steam Early Access for $29.99. To learn more about PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, please visit www.playbattlegrounds.com, ‘Like’ it on Facebook, and follow its development on Twitter @PUBATTLEGROUNDS for all the latest updates and news from the team.

ABOUT BLUEHOLE

Founded in 2007 and based in Korea, Bluehole, Inc. is the developer of the popular action MMORPG, TERA, which has attracted over 25 million registered users worldwide. TERA is live in seven different territories including North America, Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Europe and Russia and has reached the #1 spot on Steam’s MMORPG charts. Having achieved high standards and worldwide recognition for its online roleplaying games, the studio has also expanded into the mobile gaming market. Bluehole’s first non-MMO title, the open world strategic PvP shooter, PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS, is currently in development for PC and will be published by Bluehole worldwide. For more information, visit www.bluehole.net/en.