PUBG maker has been secretly working on a survival MMO that is as big as the Earth for several years - suddenly releases a free demo on Steam

PUBG creator Brendan 'PlayerUnknown' Greene is back!

With PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds aka PUBG and the battle royale genre, Brendan Greene played a key role in shaping one of the biggest gaming trends of the past decade. Even today, the game remains the undisputed number one among the most played titles on Steam.

For many, including us, Greene has now announced three upcoming projects under his new company Playerunknown Productions that sound extremely exciting and one of which you can even try out in a demo for free right now.

It's about these 3 PlayerUnknown projects

  • Project Artemis:An Earth-sized MMO in development as of 2021
  • Prologue: Go Wayback!A single player game with open world and survival mechanics
  • Preface: Undiscovered World:A tech demo that uses the in-house Melba engine.

You can watch the trailer for the big reveal here. Further down in the article we will introduce you to the individual projects in more detail:

Project Artemis: An MMO the size of the Earth

By far the largest project from Playerunknown Productions, which all other projects are working towards, is called Project Artemis. While nothing is known about the gameplay apart from the MMO character, the technical side of the game is particularly interesting.

Greene's team is said to have created an entire planet that uses advanced rendering technology to load huge areas of land almost instantly and will serve as a home for thousands of players. (viaInsider-Gaming).

Prologue: Go Wayback!

Before Project Artemis appears, another game will be releasedsecond quarter of 2025onSteamstart early access. A single player experience with survival mechanics and open world.

The special:The map will be created using machine learning technology, which will enable millions of different maps.

First images from Prologue: Go Wayback! you can take a look here:

Preface: Undiscovered World

Preface is a tech demo that youfrom now ononSteamcan be downloaded for free and is based on the in-house Melba engine.

The demo will give you a rough idea of ​​what to expect from a technical perspective, initially in Prologue and later in Project Artemis.

Did you play PUBG back then and are you excited to see what will become of Brendan Greene's future projects?