Battlegrounds Mobile India new update brings new maps, modes and improved controls
India Today
BGMI has introduced the official version of Livik, Core Circle mode, and a host of new features, which also includes improved touch controls.
Battlegrounds Mobile India, a Krafton-owned mobile gaming platform, has launched a new update for its users. With its new update, BGMI has introduced the official version of Livik, Core Circle mode, and a host of new features, which also includes improved touch controls. The new update has been launched in the occasion of BGMI’s first anniversary in India in May. The game will feature a first-anniversary lobby with in-game items and a skin sale for players.
For the gamers, BGMI has unveiled the official Livik Map. The new map will let players experience battles like never before. There are new themed areas, an all-terrain UTV, and a host of new weapons for XT variants. Players must juggle tactics and strategies as they go up against challenging terrain. BGMI has also introduced new advanced supply zones. Players can choose from a plethora of crates to load up on supplies to last them till the end of the game.As they navigate treasure maps to reach special supplies, and traverse from place to place by using an all-new zipline, players can also score goals on the newly added soccer pitch to earn more items.
BGMI has also got a new Core Circle mode, which brings new skins, rewards, and progress-led bonuses for players to avail. The new mechanism of the mode can be experienced in Erangel and Livik. Moreover, thrilling battles between EVA-01 and EVANGELION’s 6th Angel can be watched in Erangel. Players can access the theme through in-game discovery events and receive additional progress bonuses for participation after May 14.
Users will also get an emergency pickup feature. The new update would let players in Erangel and Miramar call for an emergency pickup that will drop them back into the middle of the play zone upon finding themselves outside of it. Moreover, players can also bring back fallen teammates with the help of the Revival Tower.The update also brings a host of improved controls such as enhanced haptic feedback, sponsor match feature support, and the like button being added to spectator mode to support an even more immersive gameplay.
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