India banned an extra 118 apps with links to China last week. PUBG Mobile Lite and PUBG Mobile Nordic Map were part of the moving ban. Recently PUBG Corporation says it’s looking for ways to bring the apps back to India.
The South Korean company was included in the ban because mobile games are published by China’s Tencent. In a statement mentioned today, PUBG Corporation said it will no longer make use of Tencent Games to publish the PUBG Mobile franchise in India. Before the ban, PUBG had more than 40 million monthly active users in India, so there’s a strong org to restore the game.
“Moving forward, PUBG Corporation will take on all publishing responsibilities within the country,” it said. “As the company explores ways to provide its own PUBG experience for India in the near future, it is committed to doing so by sustaining a localized and healthy gameplay environment for its fans.”
From the month of June till today, India ha banned a total number of 177 China-linked apps. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology says it is doing so “in the interest of sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of India and security of the State.” It has shown interest over how user data is used and stored.
The US is also considering banning apps with connection to China. President Trump ordered TikTok owner ByteDance to sell off its US business and issued an executive order to ban Tencent’s WeChat. The orders will most likely be challenged in court and complicated by the fact that Tencent has investments in several US companies, including Snapchat’s parent company, Riot Games and Epic Games.
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