During this past Gamescom Microsoft announced surprise will be the Publisher of Xbox One version of Playerunknown's Battlegrounds , the incredible phenomenon of the moment who has recently passed the 10 million copies sold in Early Access on Steam and passing by the number of users logged on even a sacred monster how League of Legends .

But what is the significance of this partnership? Microsoft has stated from the beginning that the game is " exclusive Xbox One to launch ", which means that sooner or later the game might get on other consoles, but also mentioned that this agreement would allow the game to arrive in a form better on Xbox One. Today it was revealed how.

Speaking to GamesIndustry , the game creator Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene has explained that Microsoft sent developers at their studios Korea and Spain to improve the code and ensure that you present at its best on the Xbox. One of these improvements will be relative to water management routines: the game will insert the same that Rare is using in Sea of Thieves , making the sea a lot more realistic.

Other improvements which is helping Microsoft is the overwhelming support for the controller, using the expertise of Microsoft Studios to make sure that even if played with the pad the game is fully satisfying and fun.

Greene has finally tackled the delicate cross-play speech between consoles and PCs, explaining that the team would like to introduce it but want to make sure that there are no differences between users.

The Xbox One version of Playerunknown's Battlegrounds is expected by the end of the year, but has for now a date.