As often as seasons change in battle royale games nowadays, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Season 8 is coming in like a bombshell. July 22 will see the new season kick off, but this won't just be another map-focused trip through a survivor pass in search of new skins. Instead, there's a newly remastered Sanhok map to explore, complete with some brand new mechanics that are set to shake up what you think you know about PUBG.
The most surprising new element coming when the Season 8 release date arrives is the loot truck, which PUBG Madison studio director Dave Curd says is like a 'mobile care package.'
"It's this ten tonnes of terror," he says. "It's this truck that's just chock full of confiscated weapons from previous players. And if you take it out, there's a king's ransom in loot. There's really enough [level] three gear to get a squad mostly suited up."
The loot truck - armoured to the gills and fitted with a vicious-looking cowcatcher on its front - rumbles around the roads of Sanhok, even until the final circles, and that's going to have a major impact on how players plan their routes through each match. Curd says it's inspired by the 'loot goblins' found in games like Golden Axe and Diablo 3, giving players a target of opportunity to take down for a valuable prize: confiscated weapons, which come equipped with attachments and skins. But as ever, it's a calculated risk-versus-reward proposition. You may be the type of player who wants to go straight for the prize, using the spike strip and panzerfaust to ambush it, or taking to the skies to tail it in a motoglider, a squadmate letting rip with an LMG from the passenger seat.
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