Battle royale multiplayer shooter PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds will receive two new skins that are leaving fans excited and confused, depending on who you ask. DC Comics’ Harley Quinn and Joker are coming to PUBG with their Suicide Squad renditions.
DC and PUBG developer PUBG Corp first announced the new skins last night with an official trailer showcasing Joker and Harley in action. Calling the two characters “your favorite Suicide Squad heroes,” PUBG went on to tease that both characters will arrive “soon” to the game. As for a specific date or timeline, that remains unclear.
Fans quickly took to Twitter with complaints about the Joker’s appearance. While Harley looks polished, sleek, and just like her Suicide Squad variant, Jared Leto’s Joker looks incredibly bland. It’s like PUBG Corp simply reskinned a pre-existing character model in Paint and shipped the skin out as an official look. PUBG fans had some choice words over his appearance, to say the least.
Overall, the fact that it’s Leto’s version of the Joker seems to upset fans.
https://twitter.com/AlexKPorell/status/1059619989056118784
The “Joker is in #PUBG now.. hey wait a minute pic.twitter.com/GXVbHwvQ6n
— Memory Cards (@memorycardsYT) November 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/Rees_ESL/status/1059732662808657921
— Moozdzn (@moozdzn) November 6, 2018
The Joker looks shit in this.
— Chase (@gassedchase_) November 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/NightlyJambles/status/1059630739581362176
idk man, that joker skin looks pretty tight. can’t wait to give pubg more of my hard earn money, so they can keep up with the making the shittiest game in planet even shittier.
— Vaibhav IL Re (@KingOfKrypton) November 6, 2018
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Some fans pointed to an ongoing problem with PUBG: while its developers promise to fix the game, new microtransactions are slipping in left and right while bugs and optimization issues plague the game. Some worry the company is more concerned with making money than developing an enjoyable gaming experience.
— Greg Ruller (@COMPUTERGREG) November 6, 2018
Can’t wait for you to overcharge this and not fix the game.
— Eltra (@Eltra_Phoenix) November 6, 2018
All that work and you couldn’t even add a decent walk animation.
— Banana Duck (@BananaDuc) November 6, 2018
I love your game, but no pic.twitter.com/Pg6rKsncJI
— Evan (@Naumcheff) November 6, 2018
Fix PUBG ended last month without solving anything… but yeah let’s sell more skins to earn more money. Unisntalling the game in 2 days from now. Bye
— Taison TV (@TaisonTV) November 6, 2018
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Others were just happy to have Joker and Harley as playable characters.
https://twitter.com/thiallmynt/status/1059619393561223168
https://twitter.com/CaptAmerighost/status/1059640317786247170
https://twitter.com/Bregosky/status/1059617720512208898
And of course, a few folks compared the decision to Fortnite. After all, Marvel’s Thanos appeared in the game’s “Infinity Guantlet Limited Time Mashup” mode to coincide with Avengers: Infinity War. Just a few months later, it makes sense PUBG would try to bring the DC universe into its own game, albeit with mixed results.
https://twitter.com/Xz1ley/status/1059763154211737600
https://twitter.com/bazzickles/status/1059764355087110144
Fortnite announced a collab and now pubg….coincidence? I think not lol
— Kai (@Kaisen_TV) November 6, 2018
So fortnite collaborates with marvel’s infinity war. And pubg gets fucking suicide squad. The worst D.C movie since Batman and Robin… Good call… This just in Fortnite just made a deal with the NFL what are we going to get fucking water polo?
— Zackary Gould (@ZackaryMGould) November 6, 2018
Fortnite: 2 football skins with customizable number and you can choose a NFL’s team official color!
— Juliazim (@juliazim0) November 6, 2018
Pubg: remember that movie from 2 years ago that absolutely bombed? https://t.co/MzzP9jfa31
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PUBG is available now for PC, Xbox One, Android, and iOS. In the meantime, Margot Robbie is set to star in her own Harley Quinn spin-off based on DC Comics’ Birds of Prey.
H/T IGN
