KRAFTON Announces PUBG: DED.NET, a Roguelite FPS Set in 1990s Cascadia
This announcement signals KRAFTON's push to expand the PUBG IP into diverse genres, from a romance sim to a top-down shooter, while returning to its multiplayer FPS roots with a high-energy, roguelite twist.
Key Facts
- KRAFTON announced PUBG: DED.NET at gamescom Opening Night Live 2026, on August 26 JST.
- PUBG: DED.NET is a multiplayer FPS with roguelite elements, set in the 1990s in the region of Cascadia.
- The game is developed by PUBG Madison for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
- Closed beta test applications are open, with pre-registration on the official website.
- The Steam store page lists PUBG: DED.NET as an online PvP title.
Reporting from 4 sources: 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Automaton, Game Spark.
KRAFTON announced PUBG: DED.NET during gamescom Opening Night Live 2026, a new multiplayer FPS with roguelite elements set in an occult horror world. The game is set in the 1990s in a region called Cascadia, where players build play styles through trial and error and adapt their loadouts as acquired items change combat. Developed by PUBG Madison, the title is planned for PC via Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. Alongside the announcement, KRAFTON opened applications for a closed beta test, with pre-registration available on the official website. The reveal footage showed an outlaw yet cheerful atmosphere with intense vehicle-based gunfights characteristic of the PUBG series. The Steam store page lists it as an online PvP title. This is the latest entry in the PUBG series, following other spin-offs like PUBG: BLINDSPOT, a top-down team versus team shooter. The announcement marks a return to the core shooter identity for the franchise, which recently released a romance sim where the heroine is a firearm.
- PUBG: DED.NET is set in Cascadia, which Game Spark places in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, a detail the summary did not specify.
- The Steam store page lists the game as an online PvP title, per Game Spark.
- KRAFTON reports that 2024 was PUBG's highest sales year in history, which it says will help strengthen the IP around new titles like Subnautica 2 and inZOI, according to Automaton.
- PUBG: BLINDSPOT, the previously announced top-down team versus team shooter, features high-paced PvP gunfights where teams share vision, per Automaton.
- The free romance sim currently in the PUBG series personifies a firearm; only the image is personified and what appears is a gun, Automaton notes.
- The closed beta test was announced alongside the reveal, with pre-registration open on the official website, per Denfaminicogamer.
- Game Spark describes the footage as showing an "outlaw yet somehow cheerful atmosphere" with intense vehicle-based gunfights characteristic of the PUBG series.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 4 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.