PUBG New State is the latest game in the PUBG battle royale series, and it is still set to release sometime this year. That said, Krafton has announced that the PUBG New State iOS pre-registrations will begin in the near future, bringing us one step closer to the official launch of this title.

In a press release sent to us, Krafton revealed a slew of information regarding the preorders for New State, some of which give us some key insight into when we might be able to finally play the battle royale game on a widespread level across all regions and platforms.

For starters, there is the fact that the total pre-registrations for the game have reached an impressive milestone and we still do not even have a release date for the game. The pre-registration for the mobile battle royale game began in February earlier this year when it was initially announced.

Since then, there have been a whopping 20 million and counting pre-registrations that have been signed up for on the Google Play Store alone for PUBG New State. That is more than three million more users who have registered for the game since the last milestone that we heard about.

The last time we heard about this was right after the “successful” PUBG New State alpha test that Krafton hosted in the United States last month. After that major moment for the upcoming battle royale game, the pre-registrations shot up and were able to pass through 17 million at that time.

And since then, it seems that the Google Play Store pre-registrations have not slowed down one bit as we have now reached more than 20 million at the time of writing this. That means that there are more than 20 million users in the world on Android alone who are excited about the game already.

No date for the PUBG New State iOS pre-registrations has been revealed just yet, so it could be early in the month of August or later on; we do not know just yet. What we do know is that this is great news for iOS users who have yet to be thrown a bone compared to the Android players as we get closer to the launch of the game.

In fact, all of this tells us that the launch of PUBG New State is perhaps a little bit closer than we realized. Considering that we just got a teaser for the launch trailer of the game and that the full trailer is coming soon, and that we are getting PUBG New State iOS pre-registrations next month, this tells us that the mobile battle royale game is coming very soon.

Again, still no release date has been revealed for the game, but we can infer when it will likely come out based on this information. Taking a look at other iOS mobile games that have had preorders in the past, it can vary from a few weeks or around a month to even several months between the start of pre-registrations and release.

In general, though, in my experience personally, it does seem like the mobile games on iOS go for generally around a month or so after the start of pre-registrations until they actually release on the platform. This is something to keep in mind as it might be a similar situation for New State.

I have long predicted that we would see the game sometime in the fall and it is likely that this is the case after all. I would not be surprised if the PUBG New State iOS pre-registrations begin sometime in early August, with a formal release date announced then for sometime one early September.

At the latest, though, I could see the game coming out sometime in early October, instead, but any later than that and I do think that it would be pointless to show off the teaser of the launch trailer now. After all, that gives players hope that the game is coming out sooner rather than later.

There is still the chance that PUBG New State could even launch towards the end of August, but that is something that I am going to go ahead and say is unlikely at this time, however, you never know. In the end, we expect to get the final release date when the PUBG New State iOS pre-registrations go live.

On the App Store, a preorder for a game usually gives you the expected release date and we expect that Krafton will drop the launch trailer and date when that begins on iOS. Keep in mind, too, that you are able to get a free goodie just for signing up for the pre-registration, so make sure to not miss out on that when it goes live on iOS if you play there.

In the meantime, Krafton has also released a Field Trip to Troi video that shows off the new Troi futuristic map and the locations that you will be able to find there. Another developer video is teased for coming soon that will focus on the key features and items that will be used in New State. For everything PUBG New State, be sure to stay tuned here for the inevitable release date announcement likely next month.