PUBG Mobile will soon be getting a new update in the form of 0.15.0 version and it will add a new Arcade mode called Payload. PUBG Mobile India has officially announced this news on Twitter alongside confirming the Royale Pass Season 9 rollout date as September 13. For the unaware, Royale Pass Season 8 has officially ended today and the company will take the servers down tomorrow which will set up the stage for Season 9. Right now, we don't have any information regarding the 0.15.0 update expect for the confirmed Payload Arcade mode. Earlier, it was said that Tencent Games would push 0.14.5 update on September 12 that will add some new features, but now, the company says 0.15.0 update will be rolled out soon and there's no talking about 0.14.5 update officially.
PUBG Mobile Payload Mode: Everything You Need to Know
It's already a known news that Tencent Games will first test the features in Chinese version before bringing them to the global version. It's continuing this time as well. The Chinese version of PUBG Mobile already received the Payload feature which brings Helicopters and massive weapons to the game. Payload Mode is an Arcade mode sitting beside other modes like War, Quick Game, Mini Zone and Sniper Training.
In Payload mode, players will be able to travel in Helicopters and find the enemies to take them down. Inside the Payload Mode, there will be a rocket launcher weapon probably the RPG-7 that's currently available in Darkest Night Zombie Mode. Alongside the RPG-7, there will be other new weapons as well. We're not sure whether the rocket launcher weapon in Payload Mode is RPG-7, but what we can confirm the weapon has enemy locking functionality and default 4X scope like the VSS weapon. The scope mechanism will allow users to lock down the enemy faster. We have collected this information from the Chinese version of the game, however, the global Payload mode features may differ.
PUBG Mobile Royale Pass Season 9 Coming on September 13
Another news confirmed by PUBG Mobile is regarding the Royale Pass Season 9. The Royale Pass Season 8 has ended today and the next season will begin on September 13. Tomorrow, the game will be taken down for maintenance, post which the Season 9 will be rolled out. As for the details of Royale Pass Season 9, Tencent Games officially confirmed that there would be new Kar98K skin, new helmet and backpack skins and more. As always, the Royale Pass Season 9 will arrive in three versions- free, Elite and Elite Plus versions. The Season 9 Elite pass will cost 600UC whereas the Elite Plus version will cost 1800UC.
The Elite Plus pass will allow users to max their rank by 25 and unlock all the rewards available instantly. Alternatively, PUBG Mobile allows the players to immediately reach Royale Pass 100 rank with the help of UC.
As mentioned earlier, we don't have any information regarding the 0.14.5 update that's expected to bring new MP5K gun and make some in-game changes. Maybe the PUBG Mobile 0.14.5 update will be rolled out as an in-game update tomorrow, followed by 0.15.0 update App Store update at a later date.