PUBG: Black Budget – Reinventing Extraction Shooters with Mystery and Survival

PUBG: Black Budget – Reinventing Extraction Shooters with Mystery and Survival

PUBG: Black Budget is a newly announced tactical first-person extraction shooter from PUBG Studios and publisher Krafton, set to test in closed alpha starting December 2025. The game redefines the extraction shooter subgenre by emphasizing exploration, survival, and discovery on a mysterious island trapped in a time loop affected by a supernatural force called the Anomaly. Players take on the role of Contractors—highly skilled operatives commissioned to infiltrate an abandoned research facility on a 2.5 x 2.5 km open-world island called Coli. Their mission is to retrieve top-secret technology and classified artifacts while navigating both PvPvE threats from enemy players and hostile environmental entities. The unique blend of gameplay mixes survival, tactical combat, and exploration with an evolving experience where the playable map area shrinks due to the Anomaly, increasing tension and unpredictability in each session, which lasts up to 30 minutes. Players can join in three-player sq…