PlayerUnknown’s Battleground or PUBG, a multiplayer online battle royale, is the most played game in India at the moment. Even though it was a massively successful PC and console game when it was released in 2017, its stripped down mobile version has crossed hundred million downloads on Android and iOS.

Brendan Greene, who was responsible for the creation of the game, was behind the name of it as well. ‘Player Unknown’ was the gaming name of the modder-turned-developer. With the help of Korean game studio Bluehole entertainment, and the adaptation of the concept from Koushun Takami’s 1999 novel ‘Battle Royale’, PlayerUnknown’s Battleground is a manifestation of Brendan’s uncompromised vision.

Following are facts of PUBG that you probably aren’t aware of –

• PUBG had set the world record for most simultaneous players at one point. The number of players which played PUBG simultaneously records for 1.3 million, beating the record of Valve’s Dota 2.
• Brendan Greene did not know programming prior to developing the game. He learned programming on his own, improvising as he went on to develop the game.
• Bluehole entertainment did not invest any money in advertising the game. PUBG is one of the games that became popular for their unique gameplay and word of mouth.
• 8 percent of the total PUBG players in the world are Indians.
• The phrase “Winner Winner Chicken Dinner” comes from Las Vegas gamblers who use the term in the casinos often.
• Some of the inspiration for the game came from the Hunger Games novels by Suzanne Collins.
• The alpha version, the earliest version of PUBG, included a sneaky 2D replay option, which allowed the primary player to see where other players landed on the map.
• Everybody wins their first game in PUBG mobile.
• 13 million PUBG players have been banned to date for cheating/hacking.
• For the month of February 2017 alone, PUBG’s revenue was $103 million.