PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS UGC Contest

CurseForge, in partnership with KRAFTON Inc., is running this UGC mod map-building contest for PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS and inviting you to create UGC modes for the game using the official PUBG UGC Mod tools and supported submission flow.

The PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS UGC Contest is a dynamic contest designed to inspire and showcase UGC Mod creation talent and create quality content for the PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS community.

Below is a brief overview of the qualifications for entering and participating in the contest. Afterward, you will find the full and official rules governing the contest. Please take the time to read the official rules carefully.

Timetable

Start Date: August 12th (at 9:00 a.m. UTC) - Participants may begin submitting their entries.
Mid-Contest Rewards: August 23rd - 10 authors with valid, approved entries will be selected based on early submission quality, originality, completeness, and playability and awarded $500.
End Date: September 2nd (at 2:00 p.m. UTC) - The deadline for participants to submit their entries.
Community Voting Period: September 6th through September 9th - Community vote period.
Winners Announcement: September 14th - Winner announcement.

All dates are subject to change based on moderation, eligibility verification, judging, technical availability, and CurseForge’s operational needs. Sponsor's internal systems and records will serve as the official timekeeping reference for the Contest, and Sponsor's determination of the applicable date and time will be final. Material changes will be announced through official CurseForge communication channels.

Submission Categories

The contest will be running with three main categories:

Combat: Create UGC Mod modes focused on player-vs-player action, where combat skill, weapon proficiency, and competition are at the core. This can include experiences such as team deathmatch, gun game, sniper battles, aim challenges, 1v1 arenas, or other UGC Mod experiences built around gunplay and tactical engagements. On the PUBG: Playgrounds, Combat is a main tag (Tab), with representative sub-tags including TDM, Gun Game, Sniper, Aim Challenge, and 1v1.
Survival: Build UGC Mod modes centered around surviving against NPC enemies or environmental challenges. This can include wave defense, PvE missions, co-op defense, objective-based encounters, or other UGC Mod experiences where players must work together, hold out, protect an area, or complete PvE goals. On the PUBG: Playgrounds, Survival is a main tag (Tab), with representative sub-tags including Wave Defense, PvE Mission, Co-op Defense, and Objective-based PvE.
Creative: Design non-combat or low-combat UGC Mod modes where movement, rules, objectives, and creative gameplay matter more than gunplay. This can include parkour, racing, party modes, puzzles, sandbox experiences, or other minigame-style UGC creations that offer a different way to play PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS. On the PUBG: Playgrounds, Creative is a main tag (Tab), with representative sub-tags including Parkour, Racing, Party, Puzzle, and Sandbox.

Categories mode to the PUBG: Playgrounds main-tag / sub-tag structure, and each Category is registered as a Tab on the PUBG: Playgrounds. Authors are encouraged to submit entries spanning a variety of tags. Winning entries listed on the PUBG: Playgrounds will appear under a contest-specific tag (see “Winners and Prizes” below).

Winners and Prizes

The contest consists of Grand Prizes, Mid-Contest Rewards, and Community Favorites. All prizes and rewards are based on skill. CurseForge, KRAFTON Inc., and the community will judge and select the winning UGC Mod modes.

Grand Prize Winners

Each of the three categories includes the following prizes:

First Place - $10,000
Second Place - $5,000
Third Place - $3,000
4th - 10th Place - $1,000

Selected winning entries may be surfaced on the PUBG: Playgrounds as user-generated content on a rolling (sequential) basis between October and December 2026, under a contest-specific tag. Listing, placement, and removal on the PUBG: Playgrounds are operated and controlled solely by KRAFTON Inc., subject to a minimum one-month retention period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, KRAFTON Inc. may remove any listed entry earlier if required for legal, policy, technical, safety, operational, platform integrity, or other reasonable business reasons. Selected winning entries will remain creator-made UGC Mod mode. There is no function to pin a first-place entry to the front of the PUBG: Playgrounds; award information may instead be shown as text in the entry description and/or indicated by a placement mark (for example, a “1st Place” thumbnail mark). Only selected winning entries will be listed on the PUBG: Playgrounds; non-selected entries are not uploaded to the PUBG: Playgrounds and remain playable via Custom Match only. See Section 8 of the Official Contest Rules below. “Mod” has the meaning given in PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS’ Mods Policy, and submitting a Mod to this contest grants the licenses described there, in addition to those in the Official Contest Rules.

Mid-Contest Rewards

To keep the contest exciting and reward as many authors as possible, CurseForge will host a round of Mid-Contest Rewards on or around August 23rd, 2026, selecting 10 creators from valid, approved entries based on early submission quality, originality, completeness, and playability, as determined by CurseForge in its discretion, to receive prizes of $500 each.

Community Favorites

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS players are also invited to take part in the event by casting their votes for their favorite UGC modes! Following the announcement of the finalists, the community will use a form to vote for their favorite submissions. Community Favorites will be determined based on valid community votes only, and a total of 6 Community Favorites winners will be awarded $2,500 each.

How to Participate

Sign up as a CurseForge Mod Author: https://authors.curseforge.com/welcome/
Publish your UGC Mod mode on CurseForge using the official PUBG UGC tools and supported submission flow, and make sure it complies with the contest requirements (See “Submission Requirements” below for more information).
Fill out the submission form: FORM
Authors may publish and submit multiple UGC Mod modes, but each entry must be meaningfully different.

Judging

Judges’ Picks (Grand Prize Winners): A panel of judges, consisting of judges from the UGC Mod creator community, CurseForge, and KRAFTON Inc., will select the UGC Mod modes they rate highest among the submissions.
Mid-Contest Rewards Winners: Creators with valid, approved entries will be selected based on early submission quality, originality, completeness, and playability.
Community Picks (Community Favorites Winners): Chosen from the finalists based on valid community votes submitted through a form.

The Panel of Judges will select the finalists based on 35% Fun Factor, evaluating enjoyment, clarity, engagement, and replay value; 35% Completeness, evaluating structure, functionality, and stable play flow; 15% Originality, evaluating the freshness and distinctiveness of the concept; and 15% Community Evaluation, based on valid CurseForge downloads and community votes. Invalid or manipulated downloads and votes may be excluded. Authors are eligible to win only one Grand Prize.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

You need to have a CurseForge Author Account and accept the terms and conditions.
You will need to review, approve, and comply with the Official Contest Rules attached below.
All submitted creations must comply with the Official Contest Rules, the CurseForge Moderation Policies, any applicable CurseForge Community Guidelines, and the PUBG Mod Policy and any applicable PUBG Mod or PUBG Playgrounds policy. Entries that violate these policies may be removed from eligibility, visibility, or prize consideration.
Don’t publish duplicated, copied, or materially similar UGC modes, and don’t publish other people’s work as your own. Entries must not use third-party intellectual property without the necessary rights or imitate content from other games or entertainment properties.
Note that all UGC Mod modes submitted to CurseForge undergo a moderation process, which could lead to a delay of a few days from submission to publication.
Failure to meet any of the requirements set forth below in the official rules may lead to disqualification of your submission or revocation of any winnings.

OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES

This PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS UGC Contest (“Contest”) is sponsored and operated solely by Overwolf Ltd., including its affiliates, subsidiaries, and respective employees, officers, and directors (collectively “Sponsor”).

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND NECESSARY TO ENTER OR TO WIN. A PURCHASE OR A PAYMENT OF ANY KIND DOES NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

The Contest is a skill-based contest. Winners will be selected based on the judging and community voting process described in these Rules, not by chance.

This Contest is subject to all applicable local, state, federal, and international laws and regulations. Void where prohibited. Participation in the Contest constitutes your full and unconditional agreement to these official rules (the “Rules”) as well as the CurseForge Mod Author Terms and Conditions, available at: https://legal.overwolf.com/docs/curseforge/mod-authors-terms (the “CurseForge Mod Author Terms”), which are accepted upon creation of a CurseForge account.

Any Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the same meaning set forth in the CurseForge Mod Author Terms.

This Contest is operated by the Sponsor in partnership with KRAFTON Inc. (“KRAFTON”). Entrants are providing their information to the Sponsor. Certain entry information, including submitted content, PUBG in-game nickname, platform, and eligibility-related information, may be shared with KRAFTON Inc. for judging, verification, PUBG: Playgrounds listing, and Contest administration purposes. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS and all related names, marks, logos, characters, artwork, and other game assets are the property of KRAFTON Inc. and its affiliates and are used with permission for purposes of this Contest.

1. ELIGIBILITY.

This Contest is open to all individuals who: (i) have an active Mod Author Account on the CurseForge Platform or have signed up and created such an account in order to participate in the Contest (registration can be made here: https://authors.curseforge.com/welcome/); (ii) are at least 18 years old or the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence, whichever is greater; (iii) are not otherwise prohibited by applicable law from participating in the Contest or receiving a prize; (iv) create and submit their UGC Mod mode or creation (each, an “Entry”) using their own PUBG account and the official PUBG UGC Mod tools, and provide their PUBG in-game nickname and platform at the time of submission; and (v) participate on PC only (Contest participation is available on PC only; supported platforms are Steam, Epic Games Store, and Kakao Games).

Employees of Sponsor, its affiliates, subsidiaries, and any agencies involved in the administration of the Contest, as well as the immediate family (spouses, parents, siblings, and children) and household members of each such employee, are not eligible to participate. The Contest is subject to all applicable laws and regulations and is void where prohibited.

Participants are responsible for ensuring they are legally eligible to participate and receive prizes in their jurisdiction. The Sponsor may disqualify any participant if participation or prize fulfillment would violate applicable laws, sanctions, tax, payment, or compliance requirements.

2. RULES AND AGREEMENTS.

By participating in this Contest, you agree to comply with these Rules and all decisions made by the Sponsor, which shall be final and binding in all respects. Winning a prize is subject to continued compliance with:

(i) these Official Contest Rules,
(ii) the CurseForge Mod Author Terms,
(iii) the CurseForge Moderation Policies,
(iv) any applicable Community Guidelines on the CurseForge platform, and
(v) the PUBG Content CreationGuidelines and any applicable PUBG Mod or PUBG Playgrounds policy (available at: [PUBG CONTENT CREATION GUIDELINES / Mod Policy / PUBG PLAYGROUNDS POLICY LINK])
(vi) The PUBG Terms of Service and Rules of Conduct

(collectively, the “Rules and Agreements”).

All submitted Entries will be reviewed for compliance with the above. The Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any Entry or participant found in violation of these Rules and Agreements. The Sponsor may also remove any Entry from eligibility or visibility and revoke or withhold any prize if a violation is discovered.

3. CONTEST PERIOD.

Start Date: August 12th, 2026 (at 9:00 a.m. UTC)
End Date: September 2nd, 2026 (at 2:00 p.m. UTC) ("Contest Period").
Community Voting Period: September 6th through September 9th, 2026
Announcement: The Sponsor will announce the final winners at or around September 14th, 2026.

All dates are subject to change based on moderation, eligibility verification, judging, technical availability, and the Sponsor’s operational needs. The Sponsor will announce any material changes through official CurseForge communication channels.

Prizes must be accepted as awarded. No cash or other substitution will be permitted, except at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any prize or component thereof with another prize of equal or greater value. Prizes will only be awarded to the verified Mod Author account holder who submitted the Entry.

The Sponsor reserves the right to modify, extend, suspend, or terminate the Contest if it determines, that the Contest is technically impaired or corrupted or that fraud or technical problems, failures or malfunctions, or other causes beyond the Sponsor’s control have destroyed or severely undermined or to any degree impaired the integrity, administration, security, proper play, and/or feasibility of the Contest as contemplated herein.

4. HOW TO ENTER?

Submit the applicable Entry through the official Contest form available here (“Form”) during the Contest Period. Each Entry must be created using the official PUBG UGC Mod tools and supported submission flow and must fulfill the contest requirements specified above to be eligible to win a prize. Entries that are incomplete or submitted without following the rules or specifications may be disqualified at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. To be eligible, the Entry must be published, live, and available on CurseForge by the end of the Contest Period. Contest participation is available on PC only. Supported platforms are Steam, Epic Games Store, and Kakao Games.

You must fill in all the information requested in the Form accurately and truthfully. You may not enter more times than indicated by using multiple email addresses, identities, or devices in an attempt to circumvent the Rules. If you use fraudulent methods or otherwise attempt to circumvent the Rules, your Entry may be removed from eligibility at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. There is no limit on the number of Entries submitted, and you may, under the same Account and email address, submit multiple Entries. Each Entry must be meaningfully different. Duplicated, copied, or materially similar Entries may be disqualified.

Originality & Ownership Verification. Each Entry must be original to the entrant. Entries that are duplicated, plagiarized, copied, or materially similar to another creator’s work (in whole or in material part) will be disqualified. Each Entry must not include third-party intellectual property, brands, logos, characters, music, artwork, or other protected materials unless the entrant has all necessary rights. Entries must not recreate, imitate, or be confusingly similar to content from other games, films, shows, brands, or entertainment properties, and must not imply official endorsement, sponsorship, or approval beyond participation in the Contest. To the extent AI-generated materials are permitted under the Rules and Agreements, the entrant is responsible for ensuring that they have all rights necessary to use and submit those materials. To verify ownership, each entrant must (a) create the submitted Entry using their own PUBG account and the official PUBG UGC Mod tools, and (b) provide their PUBG in-game nickname and platform in the Form. If the account or owner metadata associated with a submitted Entry does not match the PUBG in-game nickname and account the entrant provided in the Form, the Entry is not eligible and will be disqualified. The Sponsor and KRAFTON Inc. may use automated and manual tools to detect duplicate, copied, materially similar, or mismatched submissions.

Please note: even if you submit multiple Entries, you are only eligible to win one Grand Prize.

5. TYPE OF PRIZES AND AWARDS.

The total prize pool for the Contest is $95,000 USD. Grand Prizes are awarded in each of the three Categories (Combat, Survival, and Creative) as follows:

First place - $10,000 (per Category)
Second place - $5,000 (per Category)
Third place - $3,000 (per Category)
4th-10th place - $1,000 each (per Category)
Mid-Contest Rewards - 10 authors with valid, approved Entries selected by the Sponsor on or around August 23rd, 2026, based on early submission quality, originality, completeness, and playability will each receive $500
Community Favorites - 6 winners selected based on valid community votes will each receive $2,500

The Panel of Judges will determine the Grand Prize winners in each Category. Separately, finalists will be published to the CurseForge community, and the broader PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS community will vote via a form published in CurseForge communities to select and place the Community Favorites winners.

Each participant may receive no more than one Grand Prize. Sponsor may determine whether Grand Prize winners remain eligible for Community Favorites or Mid-Contest Rewards. A participant may not receive multiple prizes for the same Entry unless otherwise determined by Sponsor.

All prize amounts are pre-tax and will be paid out in accordance with applicable tax laws and reporting obligations. Winners may be required to provide additional information for prize disbursement and compliance.

6. SELECTION OF WINNERS.

6.1. Judging Panel.

A panel of judges composed of Sponsor representatives, KRAFTON Inc. and PUBG Studios representatives, and community experts will evaluate all eligible Entry submissions. The judges will select the top 10 Entries in each Category, based on the following criteria:

Fun Factor - Evaluates whether the submitted UGC Mod creation is fun, engaging, easy to understand, and has replay value (35%)
Completeness - Evaluates whether the submission works as a complete mode when actually played. Judges will review whether it has a clear start, progression, and ending structure, whether the objectives/rules/win conditions work properly, and whether the play flow is stable without major blockers or confusion (35%)
Originality - Evaluates whether the submission has a fresh concept or distinctive idea, and whether it avoids duplicating or closely imitating existing maps, modes, games, or third-party works (15%)
Community Evaluation - Evaluates user-side engagement and response based on valid CurseForge downloads and valid community votes. Automated, manipulated, duplicated, or otherwise invalid downloads or votes may be excluded (15%)

Judging Schedule. Following the end of the Contest Period, CurseForge will share the shortlisted Entries with PUBG Studios’s development team for evaluation on or around September 6th, 2026, and PUBG Studio’s evaluation and feedback will be provided on or around September 10th, 2026. Final winners will be announced on or around September 14th, 2026.

6.2. Community Vote

Following the Contest Period, the finalist Entries will be published to the official CurseForge Discord server as they are reviewed and approved by the Sponsor’s team. The community may vote and rank the Entries.

Community Favorites will be determined based on valid community votes only. At the end of the voting, the Sponsor will determine the Entries with the highest number of valid community votes. Those Entries will be placed based on valid votes and will receive the appropriate prize.

The Sponsor reserves the right to exclude any votes that appear to be fraudulent, automated (including bots), manipulated, or otherwise invalid or in violation of the Contest Rules. Any attempt to manipulate the vote may result in disqualification of the Entry and/or participant.

In the event of a tie, the Sponsor may consider factors such as valid download numbers and engagement or conduct a final judging round to break the tie at its sole discretion.

6.3. Mid-Contest Rewards.

Mid-Contest Rewards will be selected from valid, approved Entries based on early submission quality, originality, completeness, and playability, as determined by the Sponsor in its discretion.

7. WINNERS NOTIFICATIONS.

The Sponsor will announce the Contest winners on or around September 14th, 2026, through official CurseForge communication channels, including Discord, Twitter and the CurseForge website.

The Sponsor will attempt to notify winners using the email address associated with their CurseForge Mod Author account. Participants are responsible for ensuring their contact information is accurate and up to date.

Winners will be required to provide any necessary information to process prize payments, including payment and tax details, where applicable. If a winner does not respond within a reasonable timeframe, fails to provide the requested information, is found in violation of these Rules, or if prize fulfillment would violate applicable laws, sanctions, tax, payment, or compliance requirements, the Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify that winner and select an alternate.

Prizes may be paid through the CurseForge Authors Rewards Program, direct payment, or any other payment method designated by Sponsor. Any prize paid through the CurseForge Authors Rewards Program will be subject to the applicable terms and requirements of that program.

Where required under applicable laws, each Winner shall be solely responsible for all federal, state, and/or local taxes, and the reporting consequences thereof, and for any other fees or costs associated with the Prize or any applicable prize.

ANY VIOLATION OF THESE RULES BY ANY WINNER (AT THE SPONSOR'S SOLE DISCRETION) WILL RESULT IN THE WINNER'S DISQUALIFICATION AS A WINNER OF THE CONTEST.

8. RIGHTS IN SUBMISSIONS.

By submitting an Entry to this Contest, you grant the Sponsor, KRAFTON Inc., and their respective affiliates, partners, representatives, licensees, and designees a worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable, and non-exclusive license to use, display, distribute, and modify the submitted Entry and related materials, in whole or in part, solely for Contest-related, marketing, promotional, publicity, archival, and PUBG: Playgrounds display purposes related to PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS and the CurseForge platform. Modification rights are limited to presentation and marketing purposes, including cropping, resizing, formatting, editing screenshots or videos, and adapting thumbnails and descriptions. In addition to the license granted above, you also grant KRAFTON Inc. the same license described in the PUBG Mods Policy, including the rights to modify, alter, use, review, verify, reproduce, distribute, display, publish, perform, translate, communicate to the public, and publicly display, on a non-exclusive, transferable, worldwide, royalty-free, and sublicensable basis, extended to cover use of winning Mods in connection with any current, future or successor Krafton title, in addition to PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS.

For the avoidance of doubt, all Entries remain creator-made user-generated content.

PUBG: Playgrounds Listing. Selected winning Entries may be surfaced on the PUBG: Playgrounds as user-generated content on a rolling (sequential) basis between October and December 2026, under a contest-specific tag. The listing, placement, ordering, and removal of any Entry on the PUBG: Playgrounds are operated and controlled solely by KRAFTON Inc., in its discretion, subject to a minimum retention period of one (1) month from listing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, KRAFTON Inc. may remove any listed Entry earlier if required for legal, policy, technical, safety, operational, platform integrity, or other reasonable business reasons. Only selected winning Entries will be listed on the PUBG: Playgrounds; non-selected Entries will not be uploaded to the PUBG: Playgrounds and remain playable via Custom Match only. There is no function to pin or feature a first-place Entry at the front of the PUBG: Playgrounds; award status may instead be indicated as text in the Entry description and/or by a placement mark. Listing on, and continued availability through, the PUBG: Playgrounds are subject to the PUBG Mod Policy and any applicable PUBG Mod or PUBG: Playgrounds policy.

9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

The Sponsor will not be liable in case of (i) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any computer, cable, network, hardware or software; (ii) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any transmissions or telephone or Internet service; (iii) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; (iv) electronic or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of Entries; (v) failure of Sponsor to supply/provide the Prize or any part thereof, by any reason of any act of God, fire, natural disaster accident, or act of government, or any other cause beyond the Sponsor’s sole control; (vi) incorrect or inaccurate Entry information whether caused by internet users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of Entries; and (vii) for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, theft or destruction, or unauthorized access to, or alteration of Entries.

10. PUBLICITY RIGHTS.

By entering the Contest, participants consent to the use of their name, PUBG in-game nickname, Entry name, and any associated images or content for Contest-related, marketing, promotional, publicity, archival, and PUBG: Playgrounds display purposes by the Sponsor, KRAFTON Inc., and their respective affiliates, partners, representatives, licensees, and designees, in any media, worldwide, without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law.

11. DISQUALIFICATIONS & CONDUCT

The Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any participant who tampers with the submission process, violates these Rules, or engages in conduct that is abusive, offensive, or disruptive to the Contest or its community. Entries must not contain in-world sponsor, advertising, or promotional information. Entries that imitate, copy, or are confusingly similar to content from other games, films, shows, brands, or entertainment properties may be disqualified. Entries must not imply official endorsement, sponsorship, or approval beyond participation in the Contest. All submitted content must comply with the Rules and Agreements. Violations may result in removal from eligibility, visibility, or prize consideration.

12. CONTACT

For any questions regarding the Contest, please contact us at curseforge@overwolf.com or through the CurseForge Discord server.

13. GOVERNING LAW.

These Rules are governed by and subject to the CurseForge Mod Author Terms, including applicable governing law and jurisdiction clauses, available at: https://legal.overwolf.com/docs/curseforge/mod-authors-terms.

14. PRIVACY POLICY.

Any personal information collected through participation in the Contest will be processed in accordance with the Sponsor’s privacy policy available at: https://legal.overwolf.com/docs/overwolf/platform/platform-privacy-policy. Certain Entry information, including submitted content, PUBG in-game nickname, platform, and eligibility-related information, may be shared with KRAFTON Inc. for judging, verification, PUBG: Playgrounds listing, and Contest administration purposes.

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