It’s hard to believe that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds released on Steam’s Early Access program a full year ago. It’s been a helluva year for fans of the popular battle royale game since its release in March 2017, with developer PUBG Corp adding in gobs of new features and a new map when it hit its 1.0 full release late last year. Just this morning the developer implemented weapon skins, a long-anticipated cosmetic feature that has already had a bit of a polarizing effect on the PUBG community. Now, as PUBG celebrates its one year anniversary, the developer has announced that it is giving away a free, limited edition weapon skin.

Announced this morning, PUBG Corp is giving players a free limited edition skin for the SCAR-L, titled ‘Year One – SCAR-L’. The announcement was made with the following statement:

“A lot of things have happened in the world of PUBG in the last year. On the 23rd of March, 2017, we launched on Steam Early Access and so many of you have joined us in the best Battle Royale experience out there. Throughout our journey, we went from a pre-alpha build that only a few select players knew about to one of the most popular games in videogame history.

We achieved this only with your support and generosity! It’s hard to express the kind of gratitude we feel for our players. For some things there are no right words. But as a small token of that gratitude, we’re giving away a free anniversary weapon skin. Anyone who logs into PUBG, until the May 1st week maintenance, will get the Year One – SCAR-L.”

PUBG celebrates its milestones in style, that’s for sure. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is now available on PC and Xbox One.

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