Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene is leaving PUBG

Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene is moving on from the game that bears his name, PUBG. After five years of working on the battle royale that popularised the genre, he’s shifting to a new role within PUBG Corp. He’s handing over the games continuing development to Taeseok Jang, while his new job will be heading new division known as PUBG Special Projects.

“Online experiences and spaces can connect us in ways I only dreamed of when I first sat in front of a computer some 30 years ago,” Green said in the announcement. “And it is those dreams of connecting others that is driving our work at PUBG Special Projects.”