It appears PUBG isn’t involved in letting Fortnite dominate in terms of brainrot, and is attempting to get a few of that for itself.
Krafton introduced in a press launch (through TheSixthAxis) that they’ve introduced a brand new crossover to PUBG Cell, with the PC model following on October 22 and consoles on October 30 as the sport’s Halloween occasion.
This new collab brings within the notorious YouTube sequence Skibidi Rest room, and can pit gamers alongside the Alliance in opposition to an invasion by Skibidi and Astro Bogs.
Bringing Brainrot To PUBG: Battlegrounds
The Skibidi Rest room occasion features a particular Arcade mode the place gamers defend the world in opposition to an invasion by the titular hybrid bathrooms alongside the people with cameras, TV screens, and audio system as a substitute of heads of the Alliance, within the type of a PvE boss battle.
There can even be an Occasion Cross accessible for buy that may embody outfits and cosmetics impressed by the sequence.
Whereas PUBG isn’t as recognized for its crossovers as Fortnite, and they’re considerably fewer and farther between, it has had its fair proportion of them, largely within the cell model.
The cell recreation has had collab occasions with the likes of Tekken, Lifeless by Daylight, and even the anime sequence Black Lagoon, amongst others.
That’s not the one method that PUBG needs a few of Fortnite’s cake, both, as Krafton has expressed curiosity in turning the sport right into a “gameplay platform” in the identical method that Fortnite is.
It makes some sense for Krafton to be attempting to seize a few of Fortnite’s thunder, contemplating that regardless that PUBG popularized the battle royale style, it has dropped off many individuals’s radar as the style expanded with extra polished, assorted titles.
This collab specifically looks as if a fairly apparent try to seize the eye of Fortnite’s youthful playerbase, however we’ll want to attend and see if it has any influence on PUBG’s numbers.
It seems like Skibidi Rest room has been arising lots in connection to video games these days, however a minimum of this time it’s with an actual, licensed collab as a substitute of only a meme mod made out of spite.
