PUBG's maker will launch a mobile sequel to the hit game in November

PUBG's maker is launching a sequel to its hit battle royale video game in November, starting on mobile phones. — Bloomberg

The mobile sequel to PUBG: Battlegrounds, the 2017 game that pioneered the battle royale genre, is launching Nov 11.

Seoul-based Krafton Inc. has staked much of its future on expanding PUBG into an intellectual property juggernaut spanning different games and genres of entertainment, and PUBG: New State will mark the first big test of that strategy.