PUBG Mobile No Longer Works in India

Oct. 30, 2020

Last month, theIndian government banned a total of 118 Chinese appsincluding popular mobile battle royale gamePUBG MobileandPUBG Mobile Lite. While we were hoping that thegame was about to make a comeback,PUBG Mobile has confirmed that mobile gamers in India will completely lose access to the game from October 30(today).

The post mentions that protecting user data has always been the company’s ‘top priority’ and expressed that it ‘deeply regrets this outcome’. It also went on to thank players for all the support and love the game received over the years.

Although Google and Apple were quick to remove the game from their app stores soon after the government’s ban, PUBG Mobile remained accessible to existing users. Moreover, users could easily sideload updates on Android. That, however, will no longer be the case going forward.

PUBG Mobile states that the right to publish the game in India will be returned to the owner of PUBG’s intellectual property – PUBG Corporation. This doesn’t come as a surprise since PUBG Corporationrevoked its partnershipwith Tencent. Meanwhile, PUBG Corporation is looking for Indian partnersincluding Airtelto resurrect the game in the country. However, there is no clarity on the situation yet.

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.