PUBG Xbox Roadmap Details Further Optimizations, New Content and More

PUBG Xbox Roadmap

The PUBG Xbox roadmap for spring 2018 has finally been revealed, and it includes the PUBG Xbox Miramar release date (hurray!). During spring, Bluehole will be focusing on “delivering the best PUBG console experience possible.” Players can expect “meaningful improvements to optimizations, new content additions, compelling reasons to play, and refinements to the overall console experience.”

The full PUBG Xbox roadmap can be found below. It’s long, and goes into a lot of detail, but I think that’s what Xbox players want! Prepare for information overload, and the Xbox Miramar release date!

PUBG Xbox Roadmap Spring 2018:

PUBG Xbox Roadmap: Continued performance optimizations:

o put it bluntly, we are simply not satisfied with the games current console performance, and especially so during tense moments of onscreen action. We have found some immediate opportunity to increase framerate through changes to Erangel’s building materials, as well as some reduction to in-game foliage composition. Until we are completely satisfied in the quality and reliability of the experience, efforts to optimize performance will be an ongoing hi-priority issue. Here are some of the specific technical areas we have made changes:

– Optimized game characters and their movements

– Optimized the number of particle effects that are spawned by vehicles and grenades

– Optimized object collision complexity

– Balanced the game work across all CPU cores to reduce streaming hitches when moving

PUBG Xbox Roadmap

PUBG Xbox Roadmap: UI optimizations:

Our goal is that PUBG stands up well when compared to other games in your collection, and this comparison begins the second you boot up the game. HDR and Safe Zone options, the quality of the individual assets, the speed at which they load and how they react to your selection are all things we will improve upon as we move towards creating a premium and higher quality experience.

PUBG Xbox Roadmap: Improve Inventory UX:

We receive a ton of feedback around the usability of the title, particularly when it comes to navigating the inventory UI. PUBG is a complicated game to control, and when you factor the risk versus reward of inventory management in high pressure situations, the interface must be intuitive and responsive. We are working towards that goal, and we have some changes coming that we hope will allow players to action the decisions they want to make, faster.

PUBG Xbox Roadmap: Improvements to Console Controller Options:

We will be providing additional preset configurations to choose from as well as exposing a wider set of aiming options, providing players more freedom to create a controller experience that feels satisfying and empowering.

PUBG Xbox Roadmap: Improvements to game matchmaking:

To support a fair and competitive environment, we plan to further improve matchmaking for Duo and Squad modes.

PUBG Xbox Roadmap: Console Player Reporting Features:

We are hoping to streamline reporting by adding in-game tools that will empower players to more quickly submit instances of unsporting behavior (Solo Teaming, Team Killing etc).

PUBG Xbox Roadmap: Updates to Vehicle Penetration:

To promote a greater sense of realism, we will be applying bullet penetration to our vehicle system. Our current model can be viewed as a vehicles body having a life bar that must be reduced before the driver can be damaged. When our update is released, players that are skillful with their shots, can pierce vehicle doors and panels, damaging enemy players and ensuring that threat is constant even for those behind the wheel.

PUBG Xbox Roadmap: Game Highlights:

We want players to easily capture and share in-game actions of interest, so we have integrated Game Highlights functionality on Xbox.

PUBG Xbox Roadmap: Achievements:

We have some great ideas for those players that like an added challenge, and we will be rolling out our achievement criteria as part of our roadmap.

PUBG Xbox Roadmap: Sound:

We’re going to continue improvements to audio quality and directional sound.

PUBG Xbox Roadmap: Customization:

We will add in-game Player Customization Options, emotes and more. We want to offer a wide range of options for you to customize your character in style.

PUBG Xbox Roadmap: Test server:

In advance of major upcoming patch releases, we will be making available to players a separate PUBG Xbox Download client. There, players can participate in our latest content updates before they are moved to “Live”.

Miramar is coming to Xbox early spring!!!

Is this too little, too late? Or is this a great update for those limited to playing on Xbox? Let us know.

In other PUBG news, NFL Star JJ Watt provoked a Twitter battle between the game and Fortnite, sales are now at over 30 million but player numbers are dropping, and the roadmap for PC 2018 content has been revealed.

Source: Play Battlegrounds

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