“PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds/PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds)”The official released a linkage trailer, confirming that it will be with“Stellar Blade (Sword Star/Sword Star)”Collaborate. The trailer content shows that Eve, the heroine of “Sword Star”, will appear in the form of a linked skin, and players can get her most representative default look. For long-term operating works such as PUBG, linked skins have always been the most intuitive and most discussion-generating form of cooperation. Especially when the partner itself has a high degree of character recognition, the exposure benefits will ferment faster.
In fact, the official has already used silhouettes first in maps!
The PUBG development team has previously hinted at this cooperation with silhouettes on the game map., which is equivalent to whetting the players’ appetite first, and then using the official trailer to reveal the protagonist of the linkage. This kind of publicity technique is very common in game linkages in recent years: let the community guess first, let the discussion spread naturally, and finally use official confirmation to harvest the popularity.
Post-apocalyptic earth, single-player action, focusing on Eve’s battle
Stellar Blade is a single-player action game developed by Korean studio Shift Up and launching in 2024.The background of the story is set in a post-apocalyptic earth. The player plays Eve, a member of the 7th Airborne Corps, fighting against the mysterious creature “Nie Qiba” to regain the human homeland.. This time PUBG brings Eve into the multiplayer battle scene, which essentially transforms a narrative-oriented action heroine into a visual symbol in the arena. The appeal is very direct to those who like the character.
The sequel is already being prepared, and there may be the first wave of new information in 2026
The report also mentioned that the sequel to “Sword Star” is currently in preparation. Although the official name and details have not yet been announced, there have been previous reports that the first batch of information may be released in 2026. This also makes PUBG’s linkage look more like a popularity relay: on the one hand, it brings traffic to the linked skins, and on the other hand, it also maintains exposure and discussion for the subsequent new games of “Sword Star”.
For Southeast Asia’s gaming audience, this story matters beyond headlines: it highlights how platform decisions, creator behavior, and player trust can reshape market momentum across the region’s highly connected communities.