PUBG is getting a big upgrade for Xbox Series X|S, and it’s coming in late 2025!

Valentina Kraljik March 19, 2025March 19, 2025

PUBG is getting a big upgrade for Xbox Series XS and its coming in late 2025

The developers at Krafton have announced that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds will finally move to current-gen consoles with major improvements.

This upgrade will bring better performance, higher FPS, faster map loading, and improved graphics. The developers are making sure PUBG runs better on modern hardware by fixing old issues and making the game look even better.

To make this happen, PUBG is moving to Unreal Engine 5. The team says that this change will provide “elevated graphical fidelity and a more scalable development environment, ensuring PUBG remains visually impressive and technically adaptable for years to come.” This means the game will have better visuals and be easier to update in the future.

Back in 2022, PUBG got a small update for Xbox Series X|S, which improved resolution and frame rates. However, the game still used the same basic technology as the Xbox One version. With this new upgrade, PUBG will finally take full advantage of the power of newer consoles.

There’s no gameplay footage of the Unreal Engine 5 version yet, but Krafton did mention it in their 2025 roadmap video. Fans will have to wait a bit longer to see the improvements in action, but it sounds like a great reason to jump back into PUBG on Xbox next year!

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Valentina Kraljik

Valentina Kraljik is a writer and editor with a deep love for video games, especially action RPGs, it's not the fetch quests that she enjoys the most - it's the absolute freedom that (mostly) open worlds offer. She doesn’t shy away from a good FPS either, no matter how humiliating her K/D ratio is. With a background in Information Sciences, she brings both insight and passion to her writing, always aiming to break down games in a way that’s engaging and objective. After 15 years of playing World of Warcraft, she finally managed to break free (though the urge to resubscribe is always lurking). The last game that truly won her over was S.T.A.L.K.E.R. II.