Thursday 12 November 2020

PUBG Mobile plans to re-launch in India with new game and $100 million investment

The PUBG Corporation says it plans to launch a new PUBG Mobile game in India, after being banned in the country in September due to the mobile app’s links to China’s Tencent. At the time of its ban, the game was India’s top downloaded title, with some 50 million users.

The South Korean developer said it would create a new Indian subsidiary to oversee the title, and that the game would “maximize data security and cater to local preferences.” The company also pledged to invest $100 million in the Indian “gaming, esports, entertainment, and IT industries,” though it offered no date for when the game might actually launch.

The news, reported by TechCrunch, NDTV, and...

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source https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/12/21562107/pubg-mobile-india-launch-ban-data-localization-cybersecurity-concerns

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