BATTLESTAT counter would be added on Kar98k Peace on Earth

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds developers announced they would be replacing the freshly added Kar98k Peace on Earth skins for the BATTLESTAT version. You can check out all the limited available skins in the official announce of the event.

The "Peace on Earth - Kar98k" will be updated to BATTLESTAT next week on console & later this week on PC after maintenance.
All non-BATTLESTAT versions of the skin will be updated automatically.
The skin price remains unchanged, as it was intended to be BATTLESTAT upon release.

— PUBG Support (@PUBG_Support) December 9, 2019

This is a pretty pleasant surprise for all the players who already made a purchase, but still it's quite odd that even in the official announce the BATTLESTAT version was not even mentioned