Details! PUBG Banned in India
PUBG – A Brief Introduction
Player Unknown Battle Ground (PUBG), an online multiplayer battleground game which is developed by a South Korean video game company called Bluehole. The game launched in 2017 for Microsoft Windows, but made accessible as a free to play mobile version for android as well as iOS in 2018. The game received greater reviews from the critics and was also nominated for the categories “Game of the Year” and “Best Ongoing Game” at the Game awards. The game also received the 35th Golden Joystick award for best PC game and 36th Joystick award for best mobile game(‘PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’, 2020).
The Indian Digital Strike.
- The Military standoff in Sino -Indian border from the month of may has led to aggressive melee, face-offs and skirmishes among both countries.
- In order to save the country’s sovereignty and security, the government of India decided to ban 59 Chinese apps in the first phase.
- Apps like, TikTok, Helo and WeChat, UC Browser and ShareIT are some of the prominent apps which were banned by the Indian Government.
- In the second phase of the digital strike, the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) took the decision to ban 47 more Chinese apps.
- Another 275 apps are under the radar of the Indian Government as those apps could hinder national security.
PUBG BANNED IN INDIA
On Wednesday, September 2020 the Ministry of information and technology banned PUBG along with other 117 apps were banned in India.
Is PUBG a Chinese Game??
- PUBG was developed and published by PUBG Corporation, a subsidiary of South Korean video game company Bluehole.
- Initially was made available for Microsoft Windows through the Steam store.
- The PUBG game became a part of the Chinese market when the Bluehole company( South Korean) partnered with China’s biggest gaming company which is Tencent (Chinese).
- Tencent introduced PUBG MOBILE, a mobile version of the game and that is how it became a Chinese App.
Is PUBG banned in India?
Even though many in the country support banning the Chinese apps to ensure the digital security of the nation, the PUBG fans have requested the authorities not to include the game in the ban list.
PUBG BANNED IN INDIA
On Wednesday, September 2020 the Ministry of information and technology banned PUBG along with other 117 apps were banned in India.
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