{"id":369845,"date":"2026-06-04T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=419426"},"modified":"2026-06-17T00:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:13:38","slug":"the-creator-of-playerunknowns-battlegrounds-confirms-the-abandonment-of-his-survival-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-creator-of-playerunknowns-battlegrounds-confirms-the-abandonment-of-his-survival-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The creator of PlayerUnknown&#039;s Battlegrounds confirms the abandonment of his survival game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PlayerUnknown Productions has confirmed a restructuring process that will lead to layoffs at the company<\/strong>, as well as the halt of the project Prologue: Go Wayback, the survival roguelike from the studio&#8217;s founder and creator of PlayerUnknown&#8217;s BattleGround (commonly abbreviated as PUBG), Brendan Greene.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A project that has not gone as they expected<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regarding this, Greene has stated that<strong> &#8220;our goal has been to develop a technology that allows us to break the limits at the scale level (&#8230;), to achieve this we created a research team to develop the Melba technology, and a team to apply it practically with Prologue: Go Wayback&#8221;<\/strong>. But as he himself has stated, &#8220;I have reached the limit of what I can finance this adventure&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prologue: Go Wayback! - Official Trailer | IGN Fan Fest 2025\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IbRDB5ygQ6U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This does not mean that PUBG or the Melba technology will come to an end. PUBG will continue to operate as it has been, without any issues. <strong>Meanwhile, &#8220;we will continue to develop the Melba technology with a smaller team, while the development of Go Wayback is put on hold,&#8221; in Greene&#8217;s own words<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, they have stated that their plan is to refund everyone who has purchased Prologue: Go Wayback as they cannot ensure that it will be completed in the future. <strong>Also because their plan is for the current iteration of the game to be released in a free version soon thanks to an upcoming update<\/strong>. It seems that, although they have decided to abandon the project for now, they do not want everything they have done to go to waste. 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