The 1-on-1 competitive shooter ROUNDS, developed by Landfall, is on sale for 335 yen (half off) on Steam until July 27. The game holds an Overwhelmingly Positive rating from over 35,000 reviews. Its core mechanic gives the losing player an upgrade each round, enabling increasingly absurd gun builds. Landfall is known for TABS and the 2025 co-op climbing game PEAK.
KRAFTON implemented the limited-time Ally Duo mode in PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, pairing players with AI teammate Ella, who uses a locally running small language model based on NVIDIA ACE for natural conversation. The mode requires an NVIDIA GPU and runs until July 1, 2026. A play report describes Ella as smart in conversation but bot-like in movement, creating a mismatch.
KRAFTON released a new limited-time mode, 'Ally Duo', for PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS on PC, where players team up with an AI teammate named Ella. The mode is available from June 17 to July 1, 16:00 JST, requires an NVIDIA GPU, and supports Korean, Simplified Chinese, and English voice chat with Ella only.