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Erangel Classic returns for two weeks next month

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The player awaits their next match in PUBG’s Erangel Classic mode, showing off its “vintage” UI

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As well as the wider gameplay tweaks, once you’ve landed on the island the Tommy Gun will once again appear in care packages and you’ll be able to grab clothes and helmets from the floor, just like the old (seven years ago) days.

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Looking out over the original Erangel map in PUBG’s Erangel Classic mode

No doubt PUBG’s devs are hoping the blast from the past does for the slightly greyer battle royale shooter what it did for Fortnite, witha record-breaking 44 million playersplaying the shooter-slash-virtual music concert-slash-Lego toybox-slash-Disney game-slash-metaverse-slash-survival game-slash-money printer.

The seemingly Fortnite-inspired move is the second such nod PUBG has made toward its ridiculously popular rival in recent months, with therecent introduction of destructible terrainputting it closer to the build-and-destroy loop of its crafty counterpart.