PUBG: Battlegrounds is a very different game to the one we first set eyes on five years ago and its latest map, Deston, is a clear of example of that change. With high rise buildings, new traversal mechanics, and several biomes in play, Deston, which was first pitched four years ago, is the 8x8km map players have long been asking for. However, while the general reveal of the map went down well with the majority of the player base, there was one new gadget shown that had people turning their heads for the wrong reason.
In PUBG lore, every combatant is tagged with a blue chip so that they can be tracked at all times. In Deston, this is taken to a new level with the addition of a Bluechip Detector, which allows players to see the proximate location of nearby enemies. It acts a little bit like a Heartbeat Sensor, but unlike Call of Duty Warzone, this little gadget isn't a stable part of the meta - and players are understandably concerned about its inclusion.
However, studio head Dave Curd tells The Loadout that the Bluechip Detector won't be as overpowered as it looks. "We understand that the initial reveal of the Blue Chip Detector may sound and look overpowered, but there are drawbacks," he says. "Due to the delay in detection, it does not display the opponents' position in real-time and when used in urban districts, it does not show the opponent's exact vertical position, either."
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