PUBG publisher Krafton has pulled the plug on its extraction shooter spin-off PUBG: Black Budget. Announced less than a year ago and already through several closed alpha tests, the publisher’s reasoning for the cancellation is simple: it believes Black Budget simply wasn’t fun enough to keep potential players engaged. “After reviewing the…

PUBG: Black Budget was first mentioned in a November 2023 investor presentation. It was an extraction shooter planned to release in the months ahead. Two years later it got a Steam page and a teaser trailer but still wasn’t out. Now it’s getting canceled. “After reviewing the project’s development status…

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