It seems that no world – neither physical nor digital – is immune to the girly pop flair of NewJeans. The globally known K-pop group debuted in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds as part of the 30.1 update on Wednesday. The collaboration adds each member of the group as a playable character, adorable accessories to dress up your characters, emotes for popular dances to songs like “OMG,” and more. Equal parts bizarre and wonderful, the PUBG Update has already aroused the fascination of fans on the Internet.
Krafton released the NewJeans x PUBG: Battlegrounds collaboration for Windows PC users on Wednesday and will release it for console users on June 20. The PC patch also introduced some environmental changes. For example, Taego School has been transformed into a sparkling rainbow wonderland and there is now a pink and purple truck stage on the starting island of each 8km map. You can play as any member of NewJeans you want – Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin or Hyein – and accessorize your character with adorable pastel-colored accessories. You can view all the details on the PUBG Website.
The collaboration brings a vibrant splash of color to the dark world of PUBG. Just like other live service games, PUBG is no stranger when it comes to surprising collaborations. PUBG has cooperations with the Anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion and other Games like Angry Birds. Still, the NewJeans collaboration manages to stand out from previous events, and now people are sharing videos online showing the girls in the game. The dances just look so good. Here is a Video by Minji by NewJeans with several dances to songs like “Super Shy” and “OMG”.
Only a day has passed, but people have already started making memes of the girl group in the game. This video shows several moments, including one in which Haerin dances on an unconscious player and then shoots him from close range.
Personally, I can’t understand that Video of several characters I join in and dance the choreography for “Hype Boy” from my head.
There is a lot to discover, so if a lot of bunnies are suddenly interested in trying it out PUBGI wouldn’t blame them.
