Playerunknown's Battlegrounds Getting New Update, Here's What It Does And When It Launches

A new update for Playerunknown's super-popular PC game Battlegrounds is coming this week, and now the patch notes and specific timing details for it have been released.

The patch is due out on Thursday, June 8, at 1 AM PT / 4 AM ET, and should take around 1 hour to appropriate, the developer confirmed on Steam. If you're on the game's test server, you can already experience the new changes, apparently.

The new Battlegrounds patche introduces changes to improve server performance. In one area, an issue has been addressed that prevented characters from moving when a "large amount of data is sent." In terms of gameplay changes, the "match ends" timer now displays at 1 minute remaining instead of 5.

There are also bug fixes in his update. Specifically, the patch addresses an issue where weapon icons at the bottom of the screen would not display when switching weapons or opening the inventory. You can see the full patch notes below.

For lots more on Battlegrounds, which remains in Early Access on PC, check out GameSpot's in-depth interview with Playerunknown himself, Brendan Greene.

Battlegrounds June 8 Patch Notes:

Server Performance

• Improved physics engine performance on game servers.
• Mitigated an issue with the character stopping moving when a large amount of data is sent.

Client Performance

• Improved client performance in the lobby.
• Improved care package airplane rendering performance.

Gameplay

• Modified the "match ends in" timer from 5 minutes to 1 minute.

Bug Fix

• Fixed a bug that caused weapon icons at the bottom of the screen to not be shown when switching weapons after opening the inventory.
• Fixed a bug that caused a client crash when changing the character's looks.
• Fixed a bug that caused Freelook (Alt) not to work while the character is jumping.