PUBG unveils 12 World Companion Groups for the 2026 season

PUBG Esports has introduced the associate groups that will likely be included in its international partnership programme for the 2026 aggressive season.

The 2026 associate programme may have a complete of 12 groups, all of which is able to obtain further advantages and help from Krafton within the coming months.

“Many groups expressed curiosity within the Companion Program amid fierce competitors, and deciding on simply 12 was not a simple determination,” acknowledged PUBG Esports within the announcement.

Organisations had been chosen via an utility course of that assessed groups primarily based on governance, fandom, historical past and monetary stability. Furthermore, the organisation’s dedication to the circuit within the long-term was factored.

With that in thoughts, a number of organisations from the earlier cohort have been reconfirmed for the 2026 season.

The 12 associate groups for the 2025 PUBG Esports season are as follows:

In comparison with the 2025 associate groups, there are three new entries: Thai-based workforce FULL SENSE, China’s Anybody’s Legend, and worldwide esports organisation Virtus.professional.

Just one workforce was faraway from the 2025 listing: Vietnamese workforce and 2024 PUBG World Champions, The Expendables, which had a tough 2025 season by way of aggressive outcomes.

In accordance with this 12 months’s programme, international associate groups may have a assured entry to all of the PUBG World Sequence (PGS) within the aggressive season, income sharing coming from unique workforce skins, and extra funding to help aggressive operations.

Earlier this week, KRAFTON additionally introduced its 2026 esports roadmap for the battle royale, working on a season-based construction. The roadmap encompasses a complete of 4 PGS collection, every comprising three collection, and presents factors and {qualifications} in direction of main occasions.

General, the 2026 season will concentrate on three worldwide occasions: the PUBG Nations Cup in June, the PUBG Esports World Cup event in July, and the year-end PUBG World Championship (PGC) in December, the place the highest 32 groups will compete for the title.