Back in December, it was announced thatPUBG Mobilewould have acrossover event with Capcom’sResident Evil 2as a way to promote both games. The crossover event is now live after downloading the latest update, and it seems even more ambitious in scope than previously believed.
ThePUBG MobileXResident Evil 2event is mainly featured in the Zombie: Survive Till Dawn mode, which will be available in the game for a limited time. Zombie: Survive Till Dawn adds aResident Evil 2flavor to the standard Erangel map, giving players the chance to fight against zombies, Lickers, and even the Mr. X tyrant.
The Mr. X tyrant was one of the most popular elements of theResident Evil 2remake, becoming the subject of many memes and videos since the game’s launch. Considering Mr. X’s popularity, it’s no surprise that he’s featured front and center in the newPUBG Mobileevent.
Besides theResident Evil 2content, the latest update toPUBG Mobilealso makes some other changes to the game. For one, it adds the Sanhok jungle map to Quick Matches in Arcade, and secondly, moonlight was added to Vikendi. TheVikendi snow mapis still in beta onPUBG Mobile, so it’s possible more changes could come in the future.
There’s no word yet if theResident Evil 2crossover event will come to other versions ofPUBG, but it seems like it’s only planned for the mobile version for now. It seems that the mobile version ofPUBGis the most popular version of the game, especially outside the US, so it does make some sense that it’s getting some extra attention.
In fact,PUBG Mobileis so popular outside the US that it has actually caused some problems. There was a reported incident of a man leaving his pregnant wife because of his addiction to the game, and there have been multiple calls for the government of India to outright ban it. So far none of these efforts have succeeded, but it goes to show that the game has a dedicated fanbase, with some fans perhaps being a littletoodedicated.
PUBG Mobileis out now for iOS and Android mobile devices.
