It's likely the core of that early multiplayer build is being ported over to UE5. "We also believe that letting gamers interact with each other will create new experiences for them. By doing so ...

Epic's Nanite technology allowed them to consume the high-poly models and fine-tune them for multiplayer gameplay. The global illumination is rendered in real-time with the UE5 Lumen lighting model.

For now, the exact release date of the UE5 version of the game is not known. PUBG is not the first major multiplayer game to make the switch to Unreal Engine 5. Several other titles, like Fortnite ...