PUBG United to bring mobile and PC esports together in Thailand
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Key points
- Both PUBG: Battlegrounds and PUBG Mobile are uniting their worlds under one stage: PUBG United.
- PUBG United launches in 2025, marketed as a new chapter in battle royale esports.
- The event begins in November in Siam District of Bangkok, the city to host this year’s PUBG Global Championship and PUBG Mobile Global Championship.
The official PUBG Esports page announced that both PUBG: Battlegrounds and PUBG Mobile are joining esports under one stage: PUBG United. The global event begins in November in the Siam District of Bangkok, Thailand, hosting this year’s PGC and PMGC.
The event will feature an opening ceremony and create a “once-in-a-lifetime experience where the world’s top players will battle back-to-back in their respective Grand Finals.”
PUBG United begins on Nov. 24 and concludes on Dec. 14, 2025. Regarding the size of the respective platforms’ esports, PUBG Mobile esports is significantly bigger than the PC counterpart. Despite being on a mobile platform, the larger of the two also has high skill expression and widespread appeal, especially in Asia, where mobile gaming is more popular.
This contributes to the potential prize pool disparity for the tournament. PC’s PUBG Global Championship 2025 has a total pot of $1.5 million, whereas PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2025 has not officially announced its prize pool, but sources speculate the prize pool will increase from last year’s tournament, which was $3 million.
Despite being on a mobile platform, PUBG: Mobile has high skill expression and widespread appeal, especially in Asia, where mobile gaming is more popular than in western regions, such as the United States.
PUBG Mobile Esports’ biggest all-time prize money was roughly $110 million, while PUBG: Battlegrounds esports only had a peak of $61.2 million for the same figure. This disparity is largely driven by massive leagues, such as the Peacekeeper Elite League (PEL) in China.
