Tencent Games and PUBG Corporations announced yesterday that a future collaboration with AMC’s The Walking Dead and PUBG Mobile will begin today and future updates will be added up until early 2020.
According to a press release, players will get to chance to play as prominent heroes and villains, as well as using familiar weapons and vehicles from the hit TV show. Skins will be released for characters such as Daryl Dixon, Rick Grimes, Negan and Michonne. Players will also get the chance to ride Daryl’s motorcycle as well as use Michonne’s katana and Negan’s bat Lucille during the event.
This release is timed with the upcoming premiere of The Walking Dead season 10, which airs October 6th at 9 PM EST.
PUBG Mobile is based on the popular battle royale game PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS, where 100 players parachute onto an island and fight to become the last one standing. PUBG has risen to fame since it’s 2017 release and has proven to be one of the most consistent games of its genre since then alongside Epic Games’ Fortnite and Respawn’s Apex Legends. The mobile version has over 400 million downloads and over 50 million daily users and continues to remain one of the most performing mobile games worldwide according to the company.
PUBG Mobile also had other creative collaborations within the game with Resident Evil 2 and Godzilla: King of Monsters in 2019. The game is available to play on the App Store and Google Play.
Fans of The Walking Dead will be sure to love this update.
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