GameSpot is once again hosting its annual 72-hour Extra Life livestream. For three days, GameSpot’s teams will take turns hosting a livestream where staff members play all types of video games and help raise monetary donations for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.

Every cent that GameSpot raises will be donated to the San Francisco-based hospital, which has a dedicated and passionate team of doctors, nurses, and other staff devoted to helping kids. By donating, you will be helping them and the children they care for. You’ll also be helping GameSpot reach certain stretch goals that unlock a wide variety of rewards–many of which are at our expense and all of which are for your amusement.

Below are details on how Extra Life is going to work this year, including the new loot box microdonations and battle pass. There’s also an outline for the overall schedule for the event and a list of the approximate times for when certain GameSpot staff members will be on the stream and the segments they’ll be doing.

Extra Life 2019 Start Time

This year, the worldwide Extra Life marathon begins on November 2. And, like always, GameSpot will be hosting its livestream the weekend before–so October 25. As per our tradition, we’ll be upping the usual 24-hour long gaming marathon to a 72-hour one.

Specifically, GameSpot’s Extra Life livestream will begin airing on October 25 at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET / 8 PM BST, which is October 26 at 6 AM AEST. The stream will continue until October 28 at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET / 8 PM BST, which is October 27 at 6 AM AEST.

Where To Watch GameSpot’s Extra Life Livestream

You can watch this year’s GameSpot Extra Life marathon on YouTube, though we’ll be streaming through the website as well–just go to our homepage and you’ll see the stream in one of the top promo slots. GameSpot’s Twitter and Facebook accounts will be promoting links to the stream all weekend too, and they will also alert you to which GameSpot staff members are playing on the stream next.

Though it won’t be hosting the stream, GameSpot’s Instagram account will be capturing behind-the-scene looks all weekend, allowing followers to see what mischief the GameSpot staff members are getting up to once off-camera. We’re a strange bunch and we’d love for you to come join us in our tomfoolery.

• Extra Life Livestream (YouTube)
• Extra Life Livestream (GameSpot Website)
• GameSpot Twitter
• GameSpot Facebook
• Extra Life Behind-The-Scenes (Instagram)

How To Donate

To donate, simply go to GameSpot’s Extra Life page. At the top is a big green “Donate” button. Click it, and then fill out how much money you’re willing to give. You can donate as many times as you’d like, and the page accepts payments from Credit/Debit cards, PayPal, and Amazon Pay.

Unless you would prefer to remain anonymous, please also add your name or preferred online handle to the donation. This makes it easier for us to thank you for the donation and for your help in supporting UCSF Benioff.

Also, it will help us know who to blame if you’re specifically giving money to unlock one of the many donation incentives that will force GameSpot staff to participate in any manner of embarrassing or painful activities. And speaking of incentives…

Uncommon And Epic Donation Incentives

We’ve added a new type of incentive to this year’s GameSpot Extra Life marathon: microdonations. You can buy a loot box with a $30 USD donation, allowing you to randomly unlock one of several different rewards. These aren’t physical items that we’ll be sending to you though. The prizes within these loot boxes are commands for GameSpot staff to do something that’s dumb and/or embarrassing–like calling someone’s mom or forcing two people to switch accents while speaking.

For $15 USD, GameSpot staff will spin a wheel on the stream. Like the loot boxes, the wheel offers several different stream rewards for you all to enjoy. The main difference is that the wheel’s offerings will likely change with each segment, as the rewards are either tied to the game being played or the people who are playing. The loot box rewards are constant throughout the stream.

Legendary Donation Incentive

As you most likely know, not all loot box rewards are created equal. Our loot boxes are the same, with uncommon and epic prizes making up the bulk of the rewards and one legendary prize that is harder to win–a chance to be featured on GameSpot.

If you unlock a loot box and win the legendary prize, this section of this article will be changed into a personalized “thank you” post that our staff puts together to show our appreciation for your support of our articles and videos, as well as your donation to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.

However, if someone else happens to win the legendary reward (and let’s face it, by sheer probability that’s likely over a 72-hour period), this section will be adjusted to show our appreciation for them. So if you do happen to win the legendary reward and you want an everlasting reminder that you were in a GameSpot article, be sure to screenshot this page when you’re featured on it.

Donation Stretch Goals

Buying microdonations isn’t the only way to unlock special prizes though. This year, GameSpot’s Extra Life marathon will also have a battle pass, and donating money–regardless of how much–will work towards unlocking the marathon’s largest prizes. Unlocking the battle pass is a GameSpot community team effort.

Our initial goal is to raise $1,500 USD for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. But we’ve created 10 stretch goals that are unlocked at different tiers in the battle pass–leading all the way up to $15,000 USD. At $6,000 USD, the GameSpot staff will temporarily stop playing games to take a class to learn how to floss (a very important life skill to have), for example, and at $12,000 USD Peter and Tamoor will shave each others’ beards.

GameSpot Extra Life 2019 Schedule

Unfortunately, GameSpot’s UK office will not be participating in Extra Life this year, but staff members from the San Francisco and Australia offices (as well as contract workers from other locations, like Canada) will be on camera to entertain you with some of their favorite games. As the stream is around the clock, you can tune in anytime throughout the weekend. If you can show up, please stop by and say, “Hi!” Even if you can’t donate, we enjoy spending time with you all.

This year, we have a jam-packed schedule. After a year of writing articles and producing videos for incredible, but lesser-known games–like the mobile titles that make the platform worthwhile for gaming and the story about a plague that manages to capture what it feels like to be an older sibling–Edmond, Eddie, and Jess from the Australia office are playing through a collection of games that you probably haven’t gotten around to yet but should definitely check out. They’ve left room for more mainstream games too, though, like The Sims 4 and Mortal Kombat 11.

The San Francisco office is primarily tackling mainstream titles this time around, such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Bloodborne, Rocket League, Destiny 2, and Pokemon Ruby. Be sure to check out at least parts of the larger blocks, like Michael leading a raid in Final Fantasy XIV or Tamoor and Jake having a speedrunning competition through Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. You can find all the times in the schedule below. Keep in mind, all times are listed in PT.

Friday, October 25

12 PM – 2 PM — Jack Box Party Pack 6

Lucy James, Tamoor Hussain, Michael Higham, and Mat Paget kickstart the stream with the roster of minigames included in the newest Jack Box Party Pack.

2 PM – 4 PM — Metal Gear Solid Speed Run

Tamoor Hussain, Jake Dekker, Ben Janca, and Matt Espineli take a nostalgic trip through the original Metal Gear Solid. Viewers can weaponize their donations to make the experience more difficult (and way more fun to watch).

4 PM – 6 PM — Lynel Hunting

Max Blumenthal, Peter Brown, Evan Langer, and Rob Handlery participate in a competition to see who can hunt down the most Lynels in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

6 PM – 8 PM — Monetize Miku

Michael Higham and Ben Janca steal away Hime’s girlfriend to host a Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future concert. Viewers can request songs by donating.

8 PM – 12 AM — The FFXIV Raid Block Party

Michael Higham, Ben Janca, Matt Rorie, and Jan Ochoa embark on a 24-player Final Fantasy XIV raid with members of the GameSpot and Giant Bomb community. Afterward, viewers can donate $10 USD to enter into a Glamour Competition for the chance to win 1 million gil.

Saturday, October 26

12 AM – 3 AM — Rock(et) Band

Rob Handlery, Peter Brown, and Jordan Ramée dunk on fools in Rocket League. Viewers can donate to unlock the trio’s true power: using musical instrument video game controllers to control their supersonic acrobatic rocket-powered battle-car.

3 AM – 5:30 AM — Destiny 2 Dungeon Speed Running

Destiny 2 veteran David Ahmadi leads novice Jordan Ramée and newbie Evan Langer through some of the loot shooter’s dungeons. Viewers can donate to make the experience more difficult for the fireteam.

5:30 AM – 8 AM — Becoming A Legend

Jordan Ramée, David Ahmadi, and Evan Langer jump into ranked Apex Legends to raise their respective rankings to Gold tier or higher. Viewers can donate to unlock penalties that will make that journey much more difficult.

8 AM – 11 AM — Competitive Sekiro

Jake Dekker and Tamoor Hussain face off in competitive Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, with points allocated for killing enemies and bosses. To ensure fairness, the competition will be overseen by Lucy James, Mat Paget, Peter Brown, and Kallie Plagge.

11 AM – 1 PM — Spooky Dreamcast Games

Take a walk down memory lane with Peter Brown, Mat Paget, and Jean-Luc Seipke as they play through some of the scarier games found on the Sega Dreamcast: Illbleed, Zombie Revenge, and Nightmare Creatures II.

1 PM – 3 PM — Devil May Cry 5 Stylish Run

Alessandro Fillari shows off some of the coolest combos in Devil May Cry 5 while Jean-Luc Seipke, Ben Janca, and Matt Espineli cheer him on. Viewers can mess with Alessandro’s flow by donating and unlocking in-game debuffs.

3 PM – 5 PM — Battle For The Grid

Samantha “Persia” Hancock is joined by the combat developers for Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid. Viewers are encouraged to boot up the game and challenge us–by donating, they can force the devs to play with certain restrictions.

5 PM – 6 PM — Let It Rip! The Beyblade Hour

Tamoor Hussain, Lucy James, and numerous other members of the team break out the ol’ plastic stadiums to oversee the first inaugural GameSpot Beyblade Battle Tournament.

6 PM – 9 PM — Pokemon Ruby Nuzlocke Run

The SF office’s resident Pokemon expert Kallie Plagge embarks on a journey through the Hoenn region, with the stipulation that she can only catch the first Pokemon she encounters in each area and must abandon any that faint. Lucy James, Jake Dekker, Ben Janca, and Tamoor Hussain will commentate and viewers can donate to add rules and make the run harder. See how far she can get!

9 PM – 10 PM — Vine Theater

GameSpot meme Slack channel leaders Lucy James, Ben Janca, Tamoor Hussain, Kallie Plagge, and Jean-Luc Seipke showcase some of their favorite Vines and try and get to the bottom of why they love them.

10 PM – 12 AM — The Definitive Smash Bros. Cop Ranking

Jake Dekker, Jean-Luc Seipke, Kallie Plagge, Ben Janca, and Tamoor Hussain discuss how much of a cop each of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate‘s characters is, and then decide on a definitive, completely correct tier list.

12 AM – 8 AM — GameSpot After Hours

Chastity Vicencio, Ben Janca, Evan Langer, and Alessandro Fillari amp up the stream all through the night with intense multiplayer sessions of Killer Queen Black and Tekken 7, followed by an energizing Just Dance competition and Deadly Premonition spooks.

8 AM – 10 AM — More Rocket League

Rob Handlery and Peter Brown return to play some more Rocket League. This time, they’re joined by Ben Janca.

10 AM – 12 PM — Fortnite Tips From A 10-Year-Old And Ninja’s Book

Randy Ramsay brings in his kids who will first explain how adults are playing Fortnite incorrectly and then delve into how you can use Ninja’s Tips For Influencer Success to become a pro gamer. If there’s time, there will be a special follow-up makeup tutorial segment.

12 PM – 2 PM — The Bard’s Tale Singalong

As GameSpot’s Australia office takes over, Jess McDonell kicks things off with The Bard’s Tale. There will be singing too. Donate for a solo or donate for them to stop, totally up to you.

2 PM – 5 PM — Gaming Mashup

Eddie Makuch dives into a trio of games, switching things up every hour. He’ll first play the opening hour of Strange Brigade, then show off some of the wacky challenges in What the Golf, and finish his time with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the latest entry in the shooter franchise. Ask him to eat an onion like it’s an apple–he’ll do it! (If you donate).

5 PM – 7 PM — Sims 4 Speed Run

Jess McDonell is going to get her Sim famous as fast as possible. Or get them to the top of the career ladder. She hasn’t decided–but one thing is for sure: she has a system and a plan. Viewers can influence said plan by donating and helping or hurting her track to Sim stardom.

7 PM – 8 PM — Some Very Dangerous, Life-Threatening Kombat

Edmond Tran plays an hour of Mortal Kombat 11.

8 PM – 9 PM — Spin Rhythm

Edmond Tran plays an hour of brand new rhythm action game, Spin Rhythm XD.

9 PM – 11 PM — Taking On The Blair Witch

Eddie Makuch dives into the creepy world of Blair Witch while Jess McDonell tries to keep the shrieks to a minimum. Every big scare comes with a reward for those who donate so come for the laughs and the spooks!

11 PM – 12 AM — SpyParty

Jess McDonell, Eddie Makuch, and Edmond Tran rotate roles in SpyParty, a two-player game where one person must guide characters through a mission at a party filled with NPCs and the other person is a sniper who must figure out who the player-controlled characters are and kill them.

Monday, October 27

12 AM – 2 AM — Siege The Day

Jean-Luc Seipke, Mat Paget, and Evan Langer jump into some Rainbow Six: Siege online multiplayer matches as the stream reverts back to the San Francisco office.

2 AM – 4 AM — Luigi’s Mansion

In preparation for the release of Luigi’s Mansion 3, Jean-Luc Seipke and Evan Langer play the opening hours of the original GameCube game.

4 AM – 8 AM — Jackie Chan Stuntmaster

Kurt Indovina and Evan Langer play through True Fiction-related video games, make balloon animals, shoot confetti, and reveal strange facts about one another’s lives. Things get weird at four o’clock in the morning.

8 AM – 10 AM — Baby’s First Bloodborne

Rob Handlery has never played Bloodborne, but he hears it’s a decent game so he’s going to try it out. Bloodborne fanatics Tamoor Hussain, Jake Dekker, Kurt Indovina, and Mat Paget are on standby to make sure he doesn’t make any significant blunders.

10 AM – 12 PM — More Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Michael Higham concludes this year’s Extra Life with more online multiplayer matches in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Kallie Plagge (who’s reviewing the game) and Jake Dekker will be joining him to commentate on his performance or take over if he needs a break.

Livestream Segment Explainers

Some of the segments in this year’s Extra Life marathon are a bit more complex than the others. Below, you’ll find a list of articles that expound on certain Extra Life segments in a bit more detail.

• Monetize Miku: Hatsune Miku And Persona Rhythm Game Jukebox Segment
• The FFXIV Raid Block Party: Final Fantasy XIV Alliance Raid Party Segment

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gamespot-extra-life-2019-start-time-schedule-and-e/1100-6470829/

The new Breaking Bad movie, El Camino, was ridiculously popular on Netflix. The streaming network announced that more than 25 million households watched the film over its first week following its debut on October 11.

Specifically, 25,734,392 homes watched the movie over its first week. Anyone who watches at least 70 percent of a movie (or TV series) is counted as a “viewer” according to Netflix.

The big first-week numbers for El Camino are no surprise. Nielsen previously reported that the show had a 6.54 million “average minute audience” over its first three days in the US, which indicated that the movie was off to a good start.

GameSpot’s El Camino review scored the movie an 8/10.

“If you love Breaking Bad and Jesse Pinkman, El Camino is a beautifully crafted kindness, and a chance to spend another hour or so with a character you care about,” reviewer Meg Downey said. “If you don’t have strong feelings about either of those things, El Camino may feel like a really spectacularly shot screen saver. Either way, the fact that it exists at all, and that Sony TV and Netflix were willing to put money behind what is so obviously an extremely niche passion project, feels like a good omen for franchise TV.”

Read next: Breaking Bad Creator Reveals El Camino Alternate Endings, Breaking Bad Creator Reveals El Camino Alternate Endings

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/heres-how-many-people-watched-the-breaking-bad-mov/1100-6470833/

EA has announced Battlefield V‘s next free update–and it is a big one. Chapter 5: War in the Pacific adds new maps, US and Japanese factions, more weapons, and additional pickups.

The new maps in War in the Pacific are reimagined versions of classic Pacific maps, including Iwo Jima and Pacific Storm, both of which will be available at launch. Then in December, EA will introduce perhaps the most-anticipated map: Wake Island. This is one of the most iconic Battlefield maps ever, and it’s exciting to see it finally coming to Battlefield V.

As for the new weapons, War in the Pacific is adding the M1 Garand rifle, the bolt-action Type 99 Arisaka for the Recon class, and the Type 100 SMG for the Medica class. The final new weapon is the M1919A6, which is a smaller machine gun for the Support class.

These weapons will be available at release on October 31, while others–including the M3 Grease Gun, Nambu Type 2A, Type 97 LMG, and M1918 A2–will be released over time through gameplay rewards. A new gadget, the Lunge Mine–which can destroy tanks–is also headed to Battlefield V with the new War in the Pacific update.

War in the Pacific also introduces two new pickups–the katana and the M2 flamethrower. As with all other Battlefield V pickups, these weapons are found on the map.

Additionally, there are new vehicles–the M4 Sherman and the Type 97 tanks–coming to Battlefield V with the new update. New amphibious vehicles, the LVT and Ka-Mi Light tanks, are also coming to Battlefield V alongside the speedy MB Jeep and Type 95 car.

In the skies, the Battlefield V update adds the F4U Corsair for US troops and the Zero Fighter for Japanese forces. The update also introduces two new Elites–Jack Culver for US forces and Keisuke Nakamura for the Japanese troops. Elites are special characters that can be purchased with real money but do not impact gameplay.

For more on the big new War in the Pacific update, go to the Battlefield website.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/battlefield-5s-next-free-expansion-brings-back-ico/1100-6470826/

Acclaimed directors Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola recently sparked a cinematic debate with some sharp words for Marvel films and similar big-budget blockbusters. It’s already resulted in a variety of responses, and the latest comes from Thor herself.

Both of the directors have agreed that the cinematic roller coaster rides like Marvel films are “not cinema,” prompting responses from across the film industry. Natalie Portman, star of the upcoming Marvel film Thor: Love and Thunder, politely disagreed with a defense of escapism.

“I think there’s room for all types of cinema,” Portman told The Hollywood Reporter. “There’s not one way to make art. I think that Marvel films are so popular because they’re really entertaining and people desire entertainment when they have their special time after work, after dealing with their hardships in real life.”

Portman herself has a big role in an upcoming Marvel film, so it stands to reason that she sees the value in them. She’s previously starred as Jane Foster, Thor’s love interest in his first two movies. She’s set to take on the hammer herself in Love and Thunder, adapting a comic story in which Foster became the superhero. But she has more traditionally artistic bona fides as well, having won a Best Actress Academy Award for her turn in the 2010 drama Black Swan.

Several other creatives have stepped forward to voice their opinions as well, including fellow Marvel actor Samuel L. Jackson, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn, and Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld. The tone of the feedback has been respectful of Coppola and Scorsese’s contributions to cinema. Most recently, Disney CEO Bob Iger said he feels that the strong words are disrespectful to the people who work on them.

“It doesn’t bother me, except I am bothered on behalf of the people who work on those movies,” Iger said. “I don’t take it personally. [Scorsese and Coppola] don’t see how the audience is reacting to [Marvel movies], first of all. They’re entitled to their opinions.”

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/natalie-portman-responds-to-scorsese-marvel-debate/1100-6470822/

PUBG Corporation has announced that server maintenance for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is done, bringing the huge 5.1 patch out onto the battle royale’s live server.

First available to PC players on the test server last week, update 5.1 makes it way to the game’s live server for all PUBG PC owners to experience. Patch 5.1 introduces Season 5, a new batch of adjustments that tweaks the balance of Miramar, implements a new Survivor Pass, introduces throwable mechanics, and more.

Leading the patch notes are a variety of adjustments to Miramar. PUBG Corporation says it has “reduced clutter” to make the environment easier to navigate. You will also find a new La Muerte Vamos racetrack, as well as objects like ramps, jumps, loops, and springboards to test your handling. Miramar has had its spawn rates for weapons and items improved as well, with ARs getting a 12% increase, DMRs receiving a 29% increase, and more.

Elsewhere in the patch notes, Season 5 brings a new Survivor Pass. Badlands will introduce new rewards, missions, and improved systems. There are also a series of new missions to tackle, including community, season, progression, and challenge missions, each offering their own rewards. Completing melee season missions, for example, will net you melee weapon skins; while you will earn distinctive t-shirts for finishing challenge missions.

Those in squads will be happy to know that PUBG Corporation is implementing throwable mechanics with update 5.1. Now you can throw items, like ammo and health packs, at your friends to keep them well-equipped for battle. And that axe on your hip can be thrown at enemies to get in some quick damage.

The patch notes for update 5.1 are lengthy, and there’s much to pour through. Alongside the updates to Miramar and Survivor Pass: Badlands’s implementation, PUBG’s 5.1 patch also includes a bevy of other adjustments and tweaks. These include tweaking weapons like the Winchester Model 1984, improving the user interface, addressing performance and sound, and much more.

Full PUBG PC Liver Server Update 5.1 Patch Notes

Miramar Update

• A LA Muerte Vamos Track
  • A race track has been added, which was the venue for A La Muerte Vamos in Miramar.
  • You can now find newly added objects like ramps, loops, jumps and signboards acrosr s Miramar
• New Gold Mirado
  • A Gold Mirado has been added to Miramar, which can only be found parked at the garage in Hacienda del Patron.
  • Some terrain in Hacienda del Patron has been adjusted to let you ride the Gold Mirado out safely.
  • Only one Gold Mirado spawns each match.
• Spring-cleaned Miramar
  • Removed some small objects and trash in and around buildings to reduce clutter and make movement easier when looting.
• Improved Miramar Item Spawn Balance
  • The spawn rates of weapons and scopes effective at long-range have been increased to better suit the long-range engagements commonly had across Miramar.
    • AR – 12% increase
    • DMR – 29% increase
    • SR – 42% increase
    • Win94 – 30% increase
    • Scopes – 18% increase
  • Pistol spawn rate reduced by 31%.
  • The spawn rates of helmets, bags and vests has been increased slightly.

Vending Machine

• Vending machines have been placed in Miramar and Camp Jackal to provide a new looting experience other than picking up items spawned on the floor.
  • You can get Painkillers and Energy Drinks from Vending Machines.
  • Vending machines are only available in Miramar and Camp Jackal.
    • In Miramar, vending machines spawn randomly at set locations.
      • Locations: Arenas, Casino, gas stations, Motels and commercial buildings.
    • In Camp Jackal, Vending Machines always spawn at the warehouse and gas station.
  • If you’re lucky, Vending Machines can dispense many Energy Drinks at once.
• Be careful when you use the vending machine as cover. The vending machine is protected by cutting-edge anti-theft technology, and any attempt to damage the machine may expose your location to the enemy!

Community Mission System

• The mission gauge can be filled by finding new mystery collectibles on the Battlegrounds.
  • Players who find and open special Cardboard Boxes will be able to loot one of the 3 different objects.
  • When collected, they are reflected on the Community mission accomplishment gauge as follows:
    • Disc piece: Counts as 1 point toward Community Missions Goal
    • Broken disc: Counts as 2 points toward Community Missions Goal
    • Old DVD: Counts as 3 points toward Community Missions Goal
  • You can check how many discs you have in the inventory.
  • Check your contribution points to the community missions from the community mission tab of Survivor Pass.

Season Missions

• There are two tracks of Season Missions: Melee and Badlands.
  • Melee Track: Combined missions consisting of 2 missions each (4 missions in total) using melee weapons, which reward 2 melee weapon skins.
  • Badlands Track: Combined missions consisting of 4 missions each (8 missions in total), which reward 2 Miramar related skins.

Progression Missions

• Progression Missions give a great amount of XP progressing through missions throughout Season 5. It’s composed of 3 mission tracks and one track for achieving certain milestones.
  • Track 1, 2: A series of 10 missions with gradually increasing difficulty, open for all players.
  • Track 3: A series of 12 mission with gradually increasing difficulty for players with the Premium Pass.
  • Milestone: Missions for reaching certain achievements related to daily, weekly and challenge missions.
    • Example: Complete 100 total daily missions

Challenge Missions

• These are high-level challenge missions with which reward using designated weapons.
  • First mission of each track: Whether you have purchased Premium Pass or not, earn a t-shirt reward by achieving certain Survivor Pass levels (5, 10, 15, 20, 25).
  • Second mission of each track: Complete weapon-specific missions while wearing the t-shirt obtained from the first mission.
  • Remaining missions in each track: Various weapon-specific missions.

Level-up Items for Premium Pass Mission Rewards

• Added level-up items for one of premium pass mission rewards.
• These items are non-marketable, and they will be activated when the next season (Season 6) starts.

Survivor Title System

• Rewards for Survivor Title System Season 4 will be granted at the beginning of Season 5.
• SP will be soft-reset, with your performance in Season 4 counting towards your starting SP in Season 5.
• Survival Point rebalance:
  • Beginner (1 point) ~ Expert (5000 points)
    • To enable players to climb titles easier, we have increased the amount of SP gained each match.
    • In this SP bracket, players are not able to lose points, just like previous season.
  • Survivor (Over 6000 points)
    • For players of Survivor rank, considering both kills and placement, if placing in the bottom 30% overall in a match, some SP will be lost.
    • SP cannot be lowered below 6000.

Gameplay

• Win94 Reborn
  • Win94 will now come automatically equipped with an irremovable 2.7x scope. Other specs have not changed.
  • Win94 is now a Miramar exclusive weapon.
• Added feature to throw items to teammates
  • Added feature allowing players to throw certain requested items to teammates.
  • When a teammate requests healing or ammo items through radio messages (mouse wheel) an icon will appear above their head, prompting teammates to throw the requested items to them by pressing the interact button (F).
  • Items can be thrown a maximum of 15m.
    • While running, or in a difficult to reach position, teammates may be unable to throw items to your location and the items will instead fall nearby.
  • Items thrown to you by teammates will be placed directly into your inventory.
    • • If your inventory is full, the items will be dropped on the ground at your feet.
• Added melee weapon throwing combat feature
  • You can now use all melee weapons as a throwable tool to attack your enemies.
  • Multiple melee weapons now stack in your inventory, allowing you to carry multiple at once.
  • There are two different melee damage categories when thrown.
    • Machete, Crowbar, Sickle: The maximum throwing distance is 40m and damage will decrease from 75 to 25 based on the distance.
    • Pan: The maximum throwing distance is shorter than other melee at only 30m but the damage range is 90 to 40 based on distance.
  • To inflict the most damage, you must hit within 15m. Damage will begin to drop off from 15-30/40m distance.
  • From within 15m distance, one melee throw to the head can kill enemy players without helmets.
  • Press RMB while holding a melee weapon and then press LMB to throw.
    • A trajectory arc will be shown when aiming, like with grenades.
• Erangel Specific Changes
  • Red Zones are no-longer spawned after Phase 3.
  • Vehicle spawn rates have been increased slightly on regular and mountain roads.

UI / UX

• Improved Customize UI
  • Categories have been unified by item type and a filter feature has been added, allowing for a detailed look at each item type.
  • You can check multi-slot(Top+bottoms, Hair+face, etc) items from individual categories as well as multi-slot category.
  • Reflecting the player feedback that it’s difficult to click the back button, the size and location of the button has been adjusted for an easier click.
  • When you acquire one or more new items, the highest category (e.g. wardrobe, weapon, gear) now shows the number of acquired items and the subcategory (e.g. head, torso, legs, feet) shows a yellow marker when new items are in your inventory.
• Improved Store UI
  • When you don’t have enough in-game currency to buy items, it now shows you a button to move to the charging page instead of the purchase button.
• Improved In-game UI
  • Firing mode display has been improved for a more detailed view of ammo information.
  • In-game key guide icon has been improved.
  • In the system menu, a new animation has been added while mousing over certain options.
  • Some on-screen text displayed in Training Mode has been changed to better fit the mode.

Performance

• Cities in Erangel have been optimized to improve some hitching and freezing issues.
• Physics engine of vehicles has been optimized to improve client and server performance.

Sound

• Driving sound volume has been reduced for some vehicles.
  • UAZ, Bike, Motorbike w/ Sidecar, Snowbike, Mirado, Zima, Minibus and BRDM-2
• The audible range, frequency and volume of the insect buzzing sound heard in and around some buildings has been reduced.
• The volume of water-related ambient sounds. including wave and river sounds, has been reduced.
• The sound of Ledge Grab on wooden and metal objects has been changed to better fit the material.

Custom Match

• Added new limited presets to Zombie Mode
  • Zombie Elimination: Humans who succumb to their zombie attackers will become zombies themselves in this variation of Zombie mode.
    • Only one team can be Human with all others playing as Zombies
    • Humans get infected when attacked by a zombie. When infected character is killed, the character turns into a zombie after a certain amount of time.
  • Zombie Survival: Survive the chaos for as long as you can and bring home a win for the humans by staying alive until the time limit runs out.
    • Time limit activated. Human wins when any human survivor is still alive when the timer is completed.
    • Humans get infected when attacked by a zombie. When an infected character is killed, the character turns into a zombie after a certain amount of time.
    • Zombies can respawn.
  • Zombie Royale: Classic PUBG Battle Royale with the addition of survivors becoming zombies on the occasion of their deaths.
    • The person who survives in the end will be the winner based on the Battle Royale rules.
    • Rules on the circle and spawn setting are equivalent to the public match
    • All players are infected as soon as it touches down on the ground. So, when a player is killed, the player will turn into a zombie and the player can rejoin the match one more time.
  • Only Official PUBG Partners can create games with these new presets, so please enjoy the new zombie mode with your favorite PUBG Partners!
• Added ground respawn to War Mode (Platoon battle option) and War Mode: Conquest
  • Choosing “Platoon Battle” in the battle scale option, players will be spawned on the ground by default.
  • There are now 4 options provided for respawn types, including the original ‘air dropping’ option. Here are the 3 newly added options:
    • Death location
      • Option that respawns you on the location you died after a certain amount of time.
    • Starting location
      • Option that respawns you on the preset starting location a certain amount of time after you die.
    • Selected respawning location
      • Option that respawns you on the selected location after you die. The location can be selected at any time during gameplay from the starting location / teammate / the occupied location.
      • If the selected occupied location goes unoccupied and thus becomes unselected, the respawn location automatically changes to the closest occupied location or the starting location.
      • If the selected teammate dies and becomes unselected, the respawn location automatically changes to the starting location.
    • Only Official PUBG Partners can create games with these new presets, so please enjoy the new spawning rules with your favorite PUBG Partners!
  • Respawn time can be set as you want in the option.
• Added an option to limit throwables amount in Custom Match
  • Host can set the maximum amount of throwables per player from the option in the Custom Match.
• Improved observing UI
  • Improved name layouts, team lists, kill feeds, and player lists UIs.

World

• Added PUBG Global Championship decals, billboards in Miramar,
• Added a PGC 2019 plane banner.
• We’ve finished work on the Erangel Hall of Fame located north of Shelter
  • Added many elements to celebrate moments from the PUBG Global Invitational 2018. We may even add more special elements to the Hall of Fame in future, so check back every once in awhile.
• Adjusted light balance of Vikendi to reduce overall glare.

Replay System

• The replay system has been updated. Replay files from previous updates are now unavailable for use.

Bug FIxes

• Fixed an issue with constant collision noises when a vehicle is stationary against objects/terrain.
• Fixed visual issue with specific coat skin moving abnormally while in the lobby.
• Fixed an issue where weapons do not spawn in player’s inventory in War Mode and War Mode: Conquest settings when certain equipment kits are selected.
• Fixed an issue where frame drop occurs intermittently in Training mode.
• Fixed an issue where dynamic weather effects would disappear for players who had when reconnected to a match after disconnecting.
• Fixed an issue where walking through certain water puddles produced no footstep sounds.
• Fixed an issue where the chambering animation did not reflect the number of loaded bullets when cancelling the S1897 reload.
• Fixed an issue where melee weapon damage was not applied to vehicles.
• Fixed an issue when spectating which caused backpack and vest status to appear incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue where players are sometimes unable to hear their own crouched footsteps while barefoot and moving in a puddle.
• Fixed visual issue affecting character’s feet look when wearing Leo Jumpsuit and Ghillie Suit together.
• Fixed an issue where portions of a character’s body would become transparent with certain clothing combinations equipped
• Fixed an issue where portions of a character’s waist were transparent with certain clothing combinations equipped
• Fixed an issue where portions of a character’s hand were transparent with certain clothing combinations equipped

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pubgs-huge-51-update-lands-on-pc-live-servers-toda/1100-6470816/