{"id":1852945,"date":"2026-03-28T16:42:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T13:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1852945"},"modified":"2026-03-28T16:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T13:42:19","slug":"krafton-cancels-f2p-pubg-spin-off-pubg-blindspot-after-just-2-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1852945","title":{"rendered":"Krafton cancels F2P PUBG spin-off PUBG: Blindspot after just 2 months"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n      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href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3143710\/PUBG_BLINDSPOT\/\">said<\/a> the studio was &#8220;no longer able to sustainably provide the level of experience we set out to deliver Early Access&#8221;, and will shutdown servers at 10am UK time on Monday, 30th March (11am CET, 3am PDT).<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"PUBG: Blindspot - Official Early Access Gameplay Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ioIlUDfJU0U?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ioIlUDfJU0U\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">PUBG: Blindspot &#8211; Official Early Access Gameplay Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>PUBG: Blindspot &#8211; Official Early Access Gameplay Launch Trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ioIlUDfJU0U\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Since our last update, the team has been exploring multiple ways to improve the experience and move the game forward,&#8221; Yang said. &#8220;However, after careful consideration, we have come to the conclusion that we are no longer able to sustainably provide the level of experience we set out to deliver through Early Access.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We place player experience at the centre of every decision we make, and it is based on that principle that we have made this decision. As a result, PUBG: Blindspot&#8217;s Early Access service will come to an end on Monday, March 30.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yang added that the team understood that this &#8220;may not be the outcome many of you were hoping for&#8221; but the game was &#8220;a bold attempt to explore new possibilities within the top-down tactical shooter space&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Throughout this journey, the feedback and support from our players have meant a great deal to the team, and will continue to inform our future development efforts,&#8221; Yang concluded. &#8220;To everyone who believed in the game and supported its direction, we are truly grateful.<\/p>\n<p>The Arc Team will take some time to regroup, and we hope to return with new experiences in the future. It has been a privilege to build this game alongside our community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Our lovely Ian took a look at PUBG: Blindspot last year, calling it the first proper PUBG spin-off &#8220;a bit of an oddity&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite the Steam page for its Next Fest demo saying the game was &#8220;inspired by PUBG: Battlegrounds&#8221;, and has a dinky little PUBG sticker above its logo to prove it&#8217;s part of the wider PUBG universe, it&#8217;s pretty clear from the second you choose a character and jump into a 5v5 Demolition match that another game has been a much bigger inspiration here: namely, Ubisoft\u2019s Rainbow Six Siege,&#8221; he wrote at the time.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Eurogamer recently caught up with project lead and veteran Far Cry series director Patrik M\u00e9th\u00e9 to find out more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/open-world-ps5-game-project-windless\">Krafton&#8217;s Project Windless<\/a>, the game based on author Lee Youngdo&#8217;s wildly popular high fantasy series, The Bird That Drinks Tears, which we learned more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/open-world-ps5-game-project-windless\">earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? 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As a result, PUBG: Blindspot&#8217;s Early Access service will come to an end on Monday, March 30.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yang added that the team understood that this &#8220;may not be the outcome many of you were hoping for&#8221; but the game was &#8220;a bold attempt to explore new possibilities within the top-down tactical shooter space&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Throughout this journey, the feedback and support from our players have meant a great deal to the team, and will continue to inform our future development efforts,&#8221; Yang concluded. &#8220;To everyone who believed in the game and supported its direction, we are truly grateful.<\/p>\n<p>The Arc Team will take some time to regroup, and we hope to return with new experiences in the future. It has been a privilege to build this game alongside our community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Our lovely Ian took a look at PUBG: Blindspot last year, calling it the first proper PUBG spin-off &#8220;a bit of an oddity&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite the Steam page for its Next Fest demo saying the game was &#8220;inspired by PUBG: Battlegrounds&#8221;, and has a dinky little PUBG sticker above its logo to prove it&#8217;s part of the wider PUBG universe, it&#8217;s pretty clear from the second you choose a character and jump into a 5v5 Demolition match that another game has been a much bigger inspiration here: namely, Ubisoft\u2019s Rainbow Six Siege,&#8221; he wrote at the time.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Eurogamer recently caught up with project lead and veteran Far Cry series director Patrik M\u00e9th\u00e9 to find out more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/open-world-ps5-game-project-windless\">Krafton&#8217;s Project Windless<\/a>, the game based on author Lee Youngdo&#8217;s wildly popular high fantasy series, The Bird That Drinks Tears, which we learned more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/open-world-ps5-game-project-windless\">earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News PUBG: Blindspot Krafton cancels F2P PUBG spin-off PUBG: Blindspot after just 2 months &#8220;To everyone who believed in the game and supported its direction, we are truly grateful.&#8221; Image credit: PUBG Studios\/Eurogamer News by Vikki Blake Contributor Published on March 28, 2026 1 comment Follow PUBG: Blindspot Krafton&#8217;s free-to-play PUBG spin-off, PUBG: Blindspot, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-1852945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1852945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1852945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1852945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1852945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1852945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1852945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}