PUBG Teams Up With IVE for a Love Dive Crossover Event
- Landon White
- November 09, 2026
PUBG: Battlegrounds is no stranger to odd crossover events, but its newest may be among the most surprising yet. K-pop girl group IVE is bringing its hit 2022 track “Love Dive” into the battle royale shooter, with themed places, character skins, choreography, and music videos — more proof that almost any setting can use a little K-pop to liven it up.
The collaboration is available now on PC and lands on console November 12, adding three special IVE spots across Rondo, each drawn from the “the music video for “Love Dive,” including the IVE Mansion. All six members are also represented through character likenesses, outfits, accessories, and weapon and gear skins. On six maps—Rondo, Erangel, Miramar, Taego, Deston, and Vikendi—special IVE Emote Stages can be found where you can use one of the themed emotes to watch a music video on PC or album art on console. You can also expect Cupid’s Crossbow and Cupid Chicken Man interactive features on starting islands.
If you have not yet encountered the unadulterated delight of a well-made K-pop anthem, the update also includes something for players who want their PUBG time with less dance flair and much more hardship. Two older PvE modes are coming back with greater challenge.
- HLB: Dawnbreakers of Rondo will feature more frequent enemies, extra fuel demands, and weaker defensive goals, running from November 4 to 25 on PC and from November 12 through December 3 on consoles.
- Roguelite mode Xeno Point: Hell replaces the three original difficulty tiers with one Hell setting and adds a harsher fourth sector. It runs from from November 18 through December 2 on PC and from November 26 through December 10 on consoles.
Whether you are dropping into Rondo for the wins or the routine, PUBG’s newest update certainly brings something unusual to the table. A Stray Kids collaboration petition feels overdue right now.
Rachel Weber serves as the Head of Editorial Development at IGN and an elder millennial. She has has worked as a professional nerd since 2006, when she began at Official PlayStation Magazine in the UK, and later worked for GamesIndustry.Biz, Rolling Stone, and GamesRadar. She enjoys horror, horror films, horror games, Red Dead Redemption 2, and her affection and Deepspace boyfriends.