Battle Royale games are quickly taking over Twitch, YouTube, and apparently…
relationships… and it seems gamers can’t get enough of Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s
Battlegrounds.
Tenecent has ported PUBG to Android and iOS for Chinese markets, and the port is actually
pretty impressive.
Graphically resembling an older Xbox 360 or PS3 era game, it runs better than the original
Xbox One port on higher-end smartphones and is surprisingly playable despite the fact
that you’re only connecting to Chinese servers.
In this video, I’m going to show you how to install PUBG on Android for non-Chinese
users.
Get your frying pan ready.
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I’m EposVox, here to make tech easier and more fun, and -- Full disclosure: This process
involves installing some Asian market-specific apps that require a lot of permissions on
your phone.
Proceed at your own risk, however this IS the OFFICIAL means of installing the game,
so whatever.
Alright so before you can install the PUBG app, you actually need to install two other
apps to your phone to make it work.
The first is “WeChat” a popular communications app in some regions that you’ll need to
use to sign into PUBG.
QQ is also available to sign into the game if you prefer to use that.
WeChat can be obtained from the normal Google Play Store.
Go ahead and install it and make an account.
The next app is called “TapTap” - basically the Chinese app store, where many of these
specific market games are released.
Now, in some regions, TapTap might be available in your Google Play store.
I’m in the US and it doesn’t show up in mine, just some unrelated apps with a similar
name.
So if that’s the same for you, head over to TapTap.com and download the APK to install.
You can do this via QR Code or direct download -- But the QR code didn’t work for me so
I simply downloaded the APK to my phone and installed it manually.
You will need to enable installing apps from Unknown Sources on your phone, which the TapTap
installer will prompt you for.
I keep this off and only give temporary permissions - but you will need to do this for the PUBG
app, too.
Install TapTap.
Once done, simply search for ‘PUBG’.
It will be the first result that comes up.
There are two versions: PUBG Exhilarating Battlefield and PUBG Army Attack.
The PUBG you know and love is “PUBG Exhilarating Battlefield” which has THIS icon.
Click to download and install it.
The app itself is a 640MB download.
Once it downloads, install it like you did with TapTap, giving permission for an unknown
source installation and so on.
To play PUBG, you will need to sign into WeChat or QQ once you’ve launched the game.
The icons should be familiar, but WeChat is the green button, QQ is the blue one.
Sign in and close all of the microtransaction pop-ups, and you’re good to go.
Depending on your phone, you might be able to customize graphics settings - but on my
Samsung Galaxy Note 5, I am stuck with the lowest quality option.
Which is fine.
If you’re happy playing directly on your phone - as most people probably are - you’re
good to go.
However, if you’d like to use a bluetooth controller to control the game, keep watching.
Install Octopus from the Google Play Store.
Install and open it, then pair your bluetooth controller.
I’m using a bluetooth compatible Microsoft Xbox One controller for this.
Then use Octopus to launch PUBG.
This will let you re-assign controls on your controller to the various on-screen controls
for the game.
Normally the game doesn’t work well with controllers.
Then, enjoy!
This probably works best if you have a nice phone stand or one of those controllers clamps
to hold your phone on it.
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Like I said, the port is not bad at all, I’ve been very impressed by it and may have more
coverage coming soon.
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