PUBG: Black Budget is cashing in on the Arc Raiders and Escape from Tarkov extraction shooter hype, this time with a battle royale-style shrinking map

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Krafton's holding a Closed Alpha playtest next month

Screenshot from PUBG: Black Budget, showing a first-person view of someone reloading their silenced pistol while in a green forest.
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Between Escape from Tarkov's steady popularity, Arc Raiders' explosive hype, and Bungie's upcoming reboot of Marathon, it seems like extraction shooters are all the rage right now. And, not one to miss out on a trend, Krafton's striking while the iron's hot and is soon holding a closed playtest for its own extraction shooter spinoff, called PUBG: Black Budget, next month.

Krafton quietly lifted the lid off PUBG: Black Budget earlier today. It's essentially a PvPvE extraction shooter that sees squads dropping down on an island trapped in a time loop, all while a supernatural anomaly gets in the way of your mission to loot top-secret research.

"In between missions, you'll expand your personal Base, craft new equipment, and improve your character's skills and proficiencies," the Steam page explains. "Prepare to face PvPvE threats in an environment that grows more unpredictable with every loop – and the longer you stay, the harder it is to make it out alive."

Kaan Serin
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.

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