Now that the ban is official, we thought it might help you know the apps the Indian app has banned so far. Also Read - BGMI ban to lift soon? Krafton says will cooperate with Indian government
It relaunched the game last year with a different name: Battlegrounds Mobile India. However, it wanted to do away with the negative association that the name “PUBG Mobile” had in India. After several rounds of talks, Krafton managed to convince the Indian government. For instance, it severed ties with Tencent Games over publishing rights of PUBG Mobile in India. The South Korean company addressed the issues that it considered could irk the government. Krafton could not lose a market as lucrative as India, where gaming, over the past few years, boomed to become a multi-dollar business. Also Read - BGMI unban hinted by Krafton? Here is what happened
Since its publisher is Tencent Games, a Chinese company, the government refused to budge even after several requests from the gamer community and Krafton, which is the owner of the PUBG IP. Basically, India was concerned that those apps might be sharing data with China - the neighbouring country with which the Indian army had engaged in a skirmish back then. The Indian government issued a blanket ban on as many as 118 apps back in 2020 citing concerns that the said apps were found prejudicing the country’s sovereignty and integrity. Also Read - PUBG Mobile 2.3 update is coming: Will it resurrect BGMI?īut this is not the first time for Krafton. While a total blockade would mean the removal of BGMI servers from India’s ISPs and TSPs, the current situation is not in Krafton’s favour. Earlier today, a Reuters report quoted sources privy to the matter to say the government imposed the ban basis the Section 69A of Indian IT laws. On Thursday, the Indian government directed Google and Apple to delist BGMI from their respective app stores, sending the country’s gaming community into a frenzy. BGMI, otherwise known as Battlegrounds Mobile India, is the latest app to face the Indian government’s clampdown.
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