The PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds metamorphosis continues with update #12

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is in a perpetual state of transformation. When you load it up tomorrow, it will have the same name and premise, but it is something new. That’s the way live-service games work, and it’s what keeps them interesting. And while huge updates that introduce new maps are great, I have a lot more fun with the patches that change up the smaller details.

The latest update to the battle royale shooter goes live tonight, May 2, after some downtime for the servers for maintenance. PUBG will go offline at 7 p.m. Pacific (10 p.m. Eastern), and it should come back after four hours. That’s when “Update #12,” as developer PUBG Corp. calls it, will unleash a number of major changes.