Online Gaming Zone 2018: PUBG Weapon Skins: All The Cosmetics From New Update We've Gotten So Far

[UPDATE]: The update is now live. PUBG Corp announced on its forums that anyone who logs in by May 1 will get a one-year anniversary skin for the SCAR-L assault rifle. The original story follows.

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds continues to grow. A new update is set to add a brand-new cosmetic option to further differentiate your character from everyone else on the battlefield. A weapons skin system is being introduced that allows you to obtain new looks for your guns from the newly introduced Triumph and Raider crates.

The weapons skin system is now live in an update for the PC version's test server, but it will be moved over to the the live game following maintenance scheduled to begin later today, March 26. To manage all of this, there's a new area in the Customization menu allowing you to look at each gun and the skins you've acquired, and to let you equip those that you want to use.

New skins are obtained through two different means. The first route is with Triumph Crates, which are a new type of loot box that can be obtained from the random box option starting at 700 BP each week. These are opened with Weapon Cosmetic keys, which are sold for money on the Steam market. Alternatively, you can get skins through Raider Crates, which have their own purchase option separate from the random crate option and don't require a key to open. They start at 1200 BP.

It is possible to get duplicate skins from these crates, even for those that you've paid money in order to open. Test server players are allotted a free batch of keys and crates to open; of the 19 we checked out, we got 14 unique skins. You can check out all of the ones we've obtained so far above, along with a few that developer PUBG Corp. showed off.

While weapon skins are undoubtedly the biggest addition in this update, there is more to it, as you can read about the full patch notes. Most significantly, there's a new region locking system of sorts being added to "provide a better gameplay experience as it will improve network issues and help with linguistic barriers."