Today the PUBG developers shot their community in the back as they announced that they are temporarily turning off "personal trades" for all PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS items. This means that items for the game currently can not be traded between users via Steam or sent to or withdrawn from third-party sites such as OPSkins.

Since no trading of PUBG items can take place we have disabled all trading features for the game here on Survivors Rest and will not provide any links to or prices from OPSkins for these items. OPSkins price history will still be available for now.

These changes are sure to have a devestating effect on the item economy for PUBG, not to mention the thousands of people who have items stored on third party sites and storage accounts. There is currently no information as to how long items will be untradable or if they will ever even re-enable trading.

If you are disappointed with this change, send a nicely written email to the PUBG team here: https://support.playbattlegrounds.com/hc/en-us/requests/new or tweet them at https://twitter.com/PUBG

Hi everyone,

As you all now know, we’ve been doing everything possible to root out cheating from PUBG. The ultimate goal is to create an environment for players that’s completely safe from hackers and cheaters. 

We take cheating extremely seriously. Developing, selling, promoting, or using unauthorized hacking/cheating programs isn’t just unfair for others playing PUBG—in many places, it’s also against the law.

We’ve upgraded our security measures, improved our anti-cheat solutions, and recently even added a new anti-cheat solution on top of all that. In the meantime, we’ve also been continuously gathering information on hack developers (and sellers) and have been working extensively with multiple partners and judicial authorities to bring these people to justice.

Earlier this month, on April 25th, 15 suspects were arrested for developing and selling hacking/cheating programs that affect PUBG. It was confirmed that malicious code, including Trojan horse software, was included in some of these programs and was used to steal user information.

Here’s some translated information from the local authorities we worked with on this case:
 

"15 major suspects including “OMG”, “FL”, “火狐”, “须弥” and “炎黄” were arrested for developing hack programs, hosting marketplaces for hack programs, and brokering transactions. Currently the suspects have been fined approximately 30mil RNB ($5.1mil USD). Other suspects related to this case are still being investigated.

Some hack programs that are being distributed through the internet includes a Huigezi Trojan horse*(Chinese backdoor) virus. It was proven that hack developers used this virus to control users’ PC, scan their data, and extract information illegally.”

The longstanding rumor that hacking/cheating programs extract information from users’ PCs has been confirmed to be true. Using illegal programs not only disrupts others, but can end up with you handing over your personal information.

We’ll continue to crack down on hacking/cheating programs (and their creators) until our players are free to battle it out in a totally fair environment.

Thanks for playing,
PUBG Corp.

Source: Steam News

This comes after 120 arrests earlier this year that PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' Chinese publisher Tencent assisted authorities to achieve.

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http://pubg.game.daum.net/pubg/event/preorder/index.daum

Earlier this week Creative Director Brendan Greene mentioned as part of an AMA on Reddit that they are currently working on three new vehicles.

Today via Twitter he revealed the first of these vehicles with a first look screenshot.