CALL OF DUTY MOBILE vs PUBG MOBILE: BATTLE OF THE BROTHERS

After a long, long wait Call of Duty Mobile is here (well, sort of). The game after being teased for what seems like ages now was finally made available on Playstore as a closed beta a couple of days back. Call of Duty Mobile is currently available only in certain regions of the world and that too, only for a batch of players who pre-registered first. So, when one of our teammates was selected for the closed beta, we didn't waste any time to test it out and put it up against its half Brother yet biggest competitor PUBG Mobile. So without further delay let's dive into arguably the biggest showdown of 2019, Call of Duty Mobile vs PUBG Mobile.

Call of Duty Mobile vs PUBG Mobile

Let's have a look at the newcomer. Call of Duty or CoD (in short) needs no introduction. After being in the talks from earlier last year, the game finally made an appearance in the play store. CoD Mobile was up for pre-registration on Playstore just after being officially showcased by the developers at GDC 2019. Call of Duty is a massive name in the Gaming community, and it shows in the numbers. According to a recent report the Mobile game has clocked more than 10 Million pre-registration till date. The game takes a lot of its cues from the Modern Warfare series.

On the other hand, PUBG Mobile made it's the first appearance in Q4 2017 a year after PUBG PC (the game that defined battle Royale Genera) was officially unveiled. Since then, PUBG Mobile has come a long way. Even though there were similar games in the market such as Rules of Survival and Free fire, PUBG Mobile blew the competition out of the water with 100 million downloads in just 4 months.

Both the games come from the house of the Chinese tech giant Tencent. That makes them brothers, right? Let's look at them side by Side.

Now before we get into this topic do keep in mind that PUBG Mobile is a full-fledged stable game compared to Call of Duty Mobile which is in its first beta testing.

Read- HOW TO DOWNLOAD CALL OF DUTY MOBILE | STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE

Login Lobby

The login menu is more or less similar in both the games. The lobby UI in PUBG is more simplistic and clean. Whereas the lobby looks more aesthetically pleasing in Call of Duty Mobile and has a Modern Warfarearfare vibe to it. We will leave the choice to you. Which one do you like more?

The Game Modes

Both the Games offer similar game modes that include Quick Match mode, Zombie mode and everyone's favourite Battle Royale Mode. Unfortunately, even though these modes are present in the game menu of Call of Duty Mobile, only quick matches are available as of now. So that's an instant win for PUBG Mobile. But Call of Duty has more quick match options than PUBG Mobile. A total of 6 compared to 3 in PUBG.

Here is the list-

• Front line
• Death Match
• Search and destroy
• arch and destroy Casual
• Domination
• Heard point
• Free to all

Maps

Yes, the maps are minimal in Call of Duty Mobile compared to the ones in PUBG Mobile. But the matches are fast enough that you don't get bored with it. Also, there is an excellent collection of Maps (don't forget the iconic & Fan-favorites) in Call of Duty Mobile.

Graphics

Both the games have more or less similar graphics settings. PUBG Mobile offers more colour profiles compared to 3 currently present in Call of Duty Mobile. Also, PUBG Mobile has HDR and extreme frame rates options in supported devices.

Settings and Controls

The settings menu is more polished on polished in PUBG Mobile. Everything is laid off nicely. The same cannot be said about Call of Duty Mobile though. PUBG Mobile also offers more customisation, such as how many ammo do you want to auto pick up for each gun by default.

Call of Duty Mobile, on the other hand, provides 2 Control options. Basic and advanced. The default Control settings are basic and come with autofire enabled.

Gameplay and Performance

The gameplay is an area which can make or break any game. Think about Need for Speed Most Wanted 2012. The game looked fantastic, but the gameplay sucked.

Luckily for CoD Mobile, we didn't have any such complaints. In fact, the game ran even better than PUBG Mobile on my pretty low-end Redmi Note 4 with 3 GB of RAM on medium settings. There was no lag what so ever. However network lag was evident at times on Jio 4G, but that's okay considering the issue has more to do with the network than the game itself. My phone did heat up while playing the game for around 10 minutes or so but the gameplay remained smooth throughout the session. 

The quick matches are literally fast and action-packed! We, in particular, liked the kill assist tag. Say you and your teammate kill an enemy together. The player with the highest damage gets the kill, and the other kill assists tag. It completely removes the heated arguments surrounding "YOU STOLE MY KILL!!!".

One thing to note is Call of Duty Mobile doesn't have any gun recoil mechanics! They may add it later on, but it makes the game so easy on small screen phones!! Let us know your take in the comments below.

GUNS & Throwables 

The two games have a rich armoury. Plenty of guns and gun skins. However, PUBG Mobile has more weapons as of now. Call of Duty does have a flamethrower. Smoke grenades will be added in the battle Royale Mode of Call of Duty.

Extras

while PUBG Mobile gives you the ability to customise your characters with clothes and skins call of Duty Mobile gives you iconic characters like Captain Price and Ghost.

Another quick little addition to Call of Duty Mobile is the classic Predator drone strike in the quick match. After some kills, you can call in a missile strike on your enemies and guide the missile to hit them. You may as well call in a UAV or a Handheld drone to help in suppressing the enemy in the open. Killing multiple enemies in one strike, it brings back memories of Modern Warfare Series.

Conclusion

We really liked Call of Duty Mobile a lot. It has a lot of features we wish were in PUBG Mobile such as a drone and kills assist tag. Instead, we got a bird that sits on your shoulder or Companion.

  

All in all, we never imagined that we will get play such a game on a mobile device. It has the classic Call of Duty vibe which is enough to make us jump ship. We can't conclude everything from Just testing an early beta, but as of Now PUBG Mobile still has the upper hand. Moreover, it has a vast user base and is out for everyone! Call of Duty for sure gives it a hard time after it's a stable release. But it will take some time for CoD Mobile to dominate the market in Asia at least. Although Call of Duty will have a significant impact on the western market. It has been the leading franchise in terms of sales in the United States for almost 2 decades after all.

So that all for today! We hope the article "CALL OF DUTY MOBILE vs PUBG MOBILE: BATTLE OF THE BROTHERS" was helpful. Please follow our blog for more and do check out our other posts. We will see you soon on our next post.

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#We didn't include Royal pass in this comparison and some minor topics as they were mostly the same. Wait for our full coverage on CoD Mobile battle Royale mode.

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PUBG MOBILE UPDATE: SEASON 7 & EVERYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO KNOW

PUBG Mobile Season 7 Update is about to be launched. Here is everything you need to before the official rollout.

Hey readers!
Hope everyone is going great. Recently we told you guys about a leaked PUBG Mobile Chinese Beta (check that out if you haven't yet.), and today we are here to share some more update news. YES! Season 7 is here! PUBG Mobile Season 7 is about to be launched with 0.12.5 patch Update, and we can't wait to tell you guys everything we know so far! So without further delay, here is Everything You Need to Know about the Latest PUBG Mobile Update.

Before we Start Huge Thanks to Mr.GHOST GAMING & CLASSIFIED YT for making this article possible. Do Check out their Youtube Channels. (Links in their respective Channel names)

PUBG MOBILE UPDATE

New Rewards

There is nothing out of the ordinary here. Just like any season update, there are few new emotes if you buy Season 7 Elite Pass. You get an Eagle Pan Skin and Season 6 exclusive Anniversary Avatar Frame if you upgrade to the Elite Plus Pass. You also get a Swayin' Away emote with Elite Pass Plus, but the emote was already available for Elite Pass holders in the previous Season. As of now, we don't know how it will differ from the former. 

One good thing about buying the Elite Pass is that you will get 600 UC back once you reach RP100 (20UC each in 30 different paid RP levels).

New RP based Ranking System

Players will be given badges according to their RP Ranks. We just don't know exactly how it will work at the time of writing this article. But it is safe to say that there will be some rewards associated with each RP Rank. Your RP rank will be dependent on your current RP level/Points.

New Perk System

Along with the new  RP Ranking based badge system, a New RP Perk system was spotted. It is marked as "RP EZ Mission Licence". The Perks are quite self-explanatory.

• Perk 1 unlocks weekly challenge missions 1 week ahead of time. 
• Perk 2 gives you 2 Mission cards each week and 
• Perk 3 will let you open week 8 RP crate without completing any week 8 missions.

The best part is though that if you buy 3 consecutive Royal Pass (season 7 onwards, i.e. Season 7,8,9), then you will get all 3 Perks for FREE! If you want to use perks in Season 7, you will have to pay a premium of 150 UC after you have paid for the Elite Pass. Here is a screenshot for better understanding.

  

New Gun & Gun Skins

Let's dive into something that is not so boring. YES! We are talking about New GUNS! Or just Gun. There is only one addition to to the guns list. The much-awaited Scorpion. Scorpion is a sidearm (takes the pistol slot) that fires 9mm rounds with an ammo capacity of 20 rounds.

You can add an extended mag, and it will have twice as much capacity. It supports a whole lot of accessories, including stock and a vertical foregrip. Have a look at the fully kitted scorpion!!!

In simple terms, Scorpion is a pistol that Packs the Punch of a Submachine Gun. The days of UMP9 are gone. The only downside is it cannot accommodate any scopes other than a red-dot sight.

Gun Skins

Talking about Gun Skins, the leaked pictures show a host of cool skins the blue, white, black AKM does remind us of a pro player. If you can guess the name comment down below. Let's see who gets it right.  However, these AKM and KAR-98 skins were not available in the game at the time of writing this article. Instead, we found 2 new Uzi skins in the lab menu. Have a look for yourself. You can also get a custom kill message by upgrading them.

#Note: One of our readers informed us that the 2 Uzi Skins received some hate from a lot of people due to the naming scheme. So the Gunskins are now called Savagery- UZI.

New Plane Skin, Flight and Parachute Trails

See the light rays coming from the wings of the plane? These are called flight trails. The players will also have similar effects while jumping off the plane.

You will have to buy parachute trails on per match basis. The price is 50 silver fragments.
A new plane Skin is added too which will be unlocked at some RP level and hopefully will not be paid.

Companion Update

Finally, Companion is coming to the global version of PUBG Mobile. You might have seen an eagle falcon-like button in below the lab button once you open inventory in the current version as well which would show an error message once you tap it. The companion is basically a falcon that sits on your shoulder. You can feed it to increase the companion level. We have already covered the this in Details before. If you want you to find out more about the Companion, please read the article below.

                             

PUBG Mobile Companion Update

Avatar Changes & Outfits

Few new hairstyles are added in this update as well as facial hair or beard for the avatars. Here have a look for yourself. You can also customise the Beard colour irrespective of the hair colour.

   

There are 2 different outfits as well. Once you reach the highest RP levels, you can choose one of them.

Time Restrictions on Zombie Modes

Zombie modes can now only be played in select hours of the day. On weekends though that is from Friday to Sunday, there will be no such time restrictions. Not sure why would the developers incorporate something like that in the game?

Our Thoughts and Release Date

So far, the update seems good. It doesn't have any over the top features or game improvements. But there a few things that will make you want to spend on the game, like the Companion (you will have to buy companion food to level it up) or the Flight and Parachute Trails or the various Perks or the RP Rank System. Lately PUBG Mobile is trying really hard to increase their revenue. We don't blame them but at the same time feel that PUBG Mobile needs a lot of improvements and optimisations which are just lacking in this Update.

PUBG Mobile Season 6 will end by 15th May, and if everything works by the schedule, we might see the update as early as 17th May 2:00 GMT or 7:30 IST onwards. There will be no maintenance break as the update will be in-game. The size of the update will be around 219 MB and 283 MB on Android and iOS, respectively.

That's all for now. Hope you liked our article"PUBG MOBILE UPDATE: Season 7 and Everything Else You Need to Know". Don't forget to share with friends and teammates before the update starts to roll out. Lastly, follow our blog for more content like these and we will see you on our very next post.

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GAME FOR PEACE TO REPLACE PUBG MOBILE IN CHINA

Playerunknown's battlegrounds Mobile or PUBG Mobile is by far one of the most successful games ever made for mobile devices. Currently PUBG Mobile has more than 227 Million Players worldwide. Developed by the Chinese tech-giant and game developer Tencent, it was no surprise that China serves as the most significant user base for the game, around 70 Million. What was a surprise though is that Tencent is shutting down PUBG Mobile in China.

TENCENT IS SHUTTING DOWN PUBG MOBILE IN CHINA

The sudden "shutdown" announcement came as a result of Tencent failing to secure a government license to monetise the game. Some reports suggest that the violent nature of the game is one of the reasons why the Chinese regulatory authority denied the monetisation license in the first place.

It's not the first time PUBG Mobile is criticised by government authorities for it's so-called "violent & addictive" nature. The game faced several instances of a ban in some parts of India and Nepal for the very same reasons in the past few months. You can read this report to know more - "PUBG MOBILE: TO BAN OR NOT TO BAN".

PUBG Mobile even faced a trial in China December last year when it failed to compile with norms set by Chinese state-based regulatory authority, SAPP.

However, Tencent is not done yet. Along with the shutdown of PUBG Mobile in China, Tencent announced another game, named "Heping Jingying" or "Game for Peace". The game has a patriotic, government-friendly, anti-terrorist theme with less violence as a report by Technode suggests.


Players across China who logged into their PUBG Mobile accounts on Tuesday were directed to update the game. Later the updated game showed a notice announcing the launch of the open beta of Game for Peace.

OUR THOUGHTS ON "Game for Peace"

The game plays and feels exactly like the recently leaked version of PUBG Mobile China with few visual changes. We suggest you read the article "PUBG MOBILE UPDATE: A New Hope" to get a more in-depth look.

The game puts some effort to appear as an army game with a cargo troop carrier plane in the lobby background.

Fighter Jets now escort the plane that carries the players to the island.

The winning team or players are escorted out of the Island in an airforce chopper.

The top 20 or so players are greeted with a screen where they can see their character celebrating on a stage after the game is over. Everything else is just the same.

Tencent claims the game as "a tribute to the warriors who defend the territorial air space of China" and will help in the recruitment of soldiers into the Chinese airforce.

It seems like The tech-giant (Tencent) probably expected the monetisation licence denial. Thus they were working internally on the project which got approval from the SAPP in early April this year. The game is currently promoted as a "Military skills competition game" as reports suggest.

Thanks a ton for reading our article "GAME FOR PEACE TO REPLACE PUBG MOBILE IN CHINA". Do you think PUBG Mobile is violent? What do you think about this news? Write down your thoughts in the comments below. Make sure to follow our blog and share with friends, teammates and every PUBG Mobile lover, you know! We will see you in our very next post. In the meantime, check out our other articles!

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PUBG MOBILE UPDATE: A New Hope

PUBG Mobile is testing a new update with more detailed graphics, smoother gameplay, team death-match and more!!! Continue reading to find out what's in this update...

Image Credit Snake Drone

Hey everyone.

A few days ago we told you that Call of Duty Mobile completed 10 Million+ pre-registrations on Google Playstore.

You can read the article here - PUBG MOBILE ERA IS COMING TO AN END AS CALL OF DUTY MOBILE MAKES A NEW RECORD!!!

The news that was the courtesy of the official "Call of Duty News" twitter handle resulted in a wave of gossips regarding how one of the most popular (if not the most popular) mobile game, PUBG Mobile will be dethroned by Call of Duty Mobile once the latter is released.

[Read the article - CALL of DUTY MOBILE SPECULATED RELEASE DATE ]

Seems like PUBG Corp. was taking notes and will not go down without a fight. The developers are restlessly working on new updates to keep the game appealing to the users over time.

[Read about - all the Major PUBG Mobile Updates ]

So Let's take a look at everything new that has been added in the latest Chinese Beta update.

Special Thanks to Mr.Ghost Gaming (Link to his channel) for making this possible. All the credits go to him. Do Subscribe to his channel.

PUBG MOBILE UPDATE

#Note: This Chinese Beta Update was leaked by some user. This was not officially available until then.

TEAM DEATH-MATCH

Image source Mr.Ghost Gaming

PUBG Mobile is trying new modes ever since the zombie mode became popular.
[Read about - PUBG MOBILE ZOMBIE MODE ]

Now the developers are adding a team deathmatch mode. This mode will feature a new tiny map just a few hundred metres in length and width. (We are working on a detailed article on the Team DeathMatch in PUBG Mobile so stay tuned!!)

NEW DEATH ANIMATION

Players will wave at you while sitting down when you kill them. Same will happen to your avatar when you die. Maybe it was put in the game just to reduce the so-called in-game "violence".

BULLET IMPACT

Bullet impact is changed. Instead of blood or green electricity, the animation has been changed. Now there will be a pink-purple coloured spark (by default) whenever you shoot someone. Additionally, you can always change the colour to green, blue or yellow. It can be exclusive to PUBG Mobile China due to some violence restriction on video games in China.

NEW ZONE

The zone is now purple-pink in colour. We are not sure why is that, but it is a significant visual change. Now you will not lose health if you are outside the zone. Instead, you will have a different "zone health bar" just beneath your health bar.

Once you are outside the zone, you will see a 205 seconds timer on your screen. You have to get in the zone in 205 seconds, or you will die. If your zone has bar is low you will have to take "zone health booster" and "zone medkits" to restore it and buy yourself some time. 

Zone Heathbar booster| Image credit Mr.GhostGaming

We personally believe that this new zone health bar system is a bit more complicated and not really something that we liked to say the least.

MORE REALISTIC GUNS

Now it is more of a cosmetic change than anything, but it still is a nice improvement. Guns now have extra texture and detail. We will leave some screenshots below so you can have a look for yourself.

NEW TRAINING MAP

Although it is not really new, the map is now covered with snow giving it a Vikendi look. Everything else is the same. There is also a First-Person Perspective (FPP) training mode.

Here are a few more screenshots of the FPP training mode.

REVAMPED LOBBY

The lobby is Changed. The field is changed with a more beautiful what looks like a cliff. You can see a smouldering fire behind you at a distance. Really pleasing to the eye.

IMPROVEMENTS

We didn't get to test this Update in hand, but the players who tried this update all said that the game feels much more fluid.

There is an increase in texture details as well making it more realistic looking. Of course, you can turn down the graphics settings in lower-end phones.

Minor Changes

More island added in Erangel

Now when you fly into Erangel, you will notice there is a lot more island surrounding the actual map. This gives it a more vast look, but sadly, this is purely cosmetic. You can't land on or swim to these islands. You will be blocked by an invisible wall. 

EndNote:

As stated earlier, this China Beta was leaked by someone, so it is very much in internal testing. Nobody knows if this will come to the global version. There were a couple of features in the previous Chinese Beta versions that never made it to the global version. 

However, we are pretty sure that the team deathmatch mode will be made available soon. Other graphics improvements are also likely to follow suit.

That's everything for today. Thank you for reading our article "PUBG MOBILE UPDATE: A New Hope". Don't sit around, share this knowledge with your friends and teammates and brag about it. Want to become a PUBG Geek? Here are all our PUBG related articles. Follow our blog and Facebook page for more! We will see you in our next article.

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PUBG MOBILE ERA IS COMING TO AN END AS CALL OF DUTY MOBILE MAKES A NEW RECORD!!!

Call of Duty Mobile is all set to take on PUBM Mobile as it is nearing its launch with a whopping 10M+ pre-registrations. Continue reading to find out more...

Image by BagoGames

Hey everyone!
It's been a while since we heard anything from the Developers of Call of Duty. Recently they announced that the game will be made available in the Playstore from "Sometime in May 2019". This falls in line with the speculations we made in our article "CALL OF DUTY MOBILE SPECULATED RELEASE DATE" be sure to check it out!

Call of Duty Pre-registration Record

Before its release, Call of Duty Mobile opened pre-registration for the game and has gained quite some interest all around the world. A little over 10 Million + pre-registrations on Playstore!!! to be precise. This is an industry record! The news that turned heads broke in from the "Official Call of Duty News" twitter handle on 2nd May.

The Call of Duty Mobile game has over 10 million pre-registrations on Google Play. Company is excited to bring Call of Duty to mobile.

— Call of Duty News (@charlieINTEL) May 2, 2019

This is a massive success for the developers working on Call of Duty Mobile. 10 Million is a huge number for a game that is yet to be released. We all know how PUBG Mobile is a and leader & No.1 spot holder when it comes to mobile games to this date. But with the vast number of pre-registration, Call of Duty is all set to give PUBG some stiff competition. Do keep in mind that the game is only available in certain countries for pre-registration and numbers are likely to go up even more. Currently PUBG Mobile has 100 Million+ Downloads on Playstore and a similar number of Downloads from Appstore.
Call of duty Mobile made its beta debut in Australia around December - January. According to the developers, the game is still in a beta stage and is going through various optimisations as it is nearing its official release. We were first able to catch a glimpse of the game at GDC 2019, and Only a handful of people had the chance to test the game beforehand. Call of Duty Mobile will feature a 5v5 Team Death Match, Zombie Mode (in a very Call of Duty classic style) and the most awaited Battle Royal Mode. More details will be released with the release of the game.

Want to check if your Mobile can run Call of Duty Mobile? Check out our article on "CALL of DUTY SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS".

Image by BagoGames

That's all for today. We hope our article "PUBG MOBILE ERA IS COMING TO AN END AS CALL OF DUTY MOBILE MAKES A NEW RECORD!!!". Makes sure to subscribe to our blog and follow our official Facebook page and Shadow Knight Gaming. Do you think this is the end of  PUBG era? Will Call of Duty Mobile take over PUBG Mobile? Which side are you on CoD Mobile or PUBG Mobile? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below. We will see you with more amazing news and leaks on Call of Duty.
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