[font="Google Sans Text", arial, sans-serif]The original PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (aka PUBG) is moving to a free-to-play model beginning[/font][font="Google Sans Text", arial, sans-serif]January 12st, 2022[/font][font="Google Sans Text", arial, sans-serif], developer Krafton announced at The Game Awards Thursday. PUBG has been a paid game since it launched on Steam in early access in 2017.[/font]