Gaming
PUBG Mobile may comeback to India as PUBG Corp cuts ties with Tencent
With the hope of making a comeback to Indian Mobile gaming market PUBG Corporation has cut it’s all ties with Tencent in India. PUBG Mobile was banned along with 116 other apps earlier week as a crackdown on Chinese Apps by the Govt. of India. Tencent was the publishing partner for PUBG Mobile while the parent PUBG Corp – the South Korean company runs PUBG PC.
PUBG Corp has released a statement citing that it supports the intentions of Indian Govt. to protect the privacy and data of the Players. Here’s the complete statement:
“PUBG Corporation fully understands and respects the measures taken by the government as the privacy and security of player data is a top priority for the company. It hopes to work hand-in-hand with the Indian government to find a solution that will allow gamers to once again drop into the battlegrounds while being fully compliant with Indian laws and regulations.
In light of recent developments, PUBG Corporation has made the decision to no longer authorize the PUBG Mobile franchise to Tencent Games in India. Moving forward, PUBG Corporation will take on all publishing responsibilities within the country. 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.
PUBG Mobile is the mobile version of Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), an intellectual property owned and developed by PUBG Corporation, a South Korean gaming company. The company is actively engaged in developing and publishing PUBG on multiple platforms, including PUBG Mobile in select territories, to provide the best player experiences possible.”
After the ban was imposed o PUBG Mobile, Tencent lost almost $34 millions and it’s share value got dropped by 2 percent . PUG Mobile is the most popular game in India with over 18 Crore downloads on Google Play Store. Apart from the casual gamers PUBG Mobile has also helped many to grow their streaming/gaming career. Furthermore, It is also an integral part of fast growing Esport community in India with many competitions being run at regional and local level.
It’d be interesting to see whether PUBG Mobile manages to comeback in India and gest unbanned.
Recent drift between India and China border near Ladakh has led to ban of 118 Chinese apps in India. Among of them is PlayerUnknown’s BattleGrounds Mobile (PUBG Mobile).
Earlier similar ban was imposed on other apps like TIkTok and UC browser. This time the hit wicket was for PUBG Mobile. PUBG Mobile is Chinese app as it has contract with Tencent Games which is a Chinese entity. Rumors are spread that owner of PUBG Mobile is willing to leave this contract as its majority of target audience is in India.
There are close to 50 million active PUBG players in India, according to reports and the game clocks in some 13 million daily users. According to the IT Ministry, the Apps “are engaged in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order”.
When you ban PUBG Mobile but suddenly realise you’ll have to employ 50 million people pic.twitter.com/dnKQvcxPsT
— The Meme Makers (@the7mememakers) September 2, 2020
“This decision is a targeted move to ensure safety, security and sovereignty of Indian cyberspace,” the statement said, adding that the move would safeguard the interests of crores of Indian mobile and internet users.
This game was popular among the youngsters and it had a whole different scope of employment. In the yestyear, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was having a conference with the students and parents, where one of the parent complaint about his child for not focusing on studies. Then Prime Minister asked him “Yeh PUBG-wala hai kya (Is he a PUBG player?)”.
Meanwhile Call of duty & FreeFire after #PUBG ban pic.twitter.com/MOV6ofuAof
— Indian School of Memes (@ISMemes1401) September 2, 2020
Explaining its latest move, the ministry said it had received many complaints about the misuse of some mobile apps on Android and iOS platforms for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting user data to servers outside India.
After #PUBG BAN IN INDIA
PUBG PLAYERS BE LIKE: pic.twitter.com/f3EGkaNUQB
— Khushi_mallik❤️ (@MemeQue31317797) September 2, 2020
“The compilation of these data, it’s mining and profiling by elements hostile to national security and defence of India, which ultimately impinges upon the sovereignty and integrity of India, is a matter of very deep and immediate concern which requires emergency measures,” said the statement.
The home ministry’s cybercrime centre had also recommended blocking these “malicious apps”, the government said.
The statement referred to bipartisan concerns flagged in parliament and outside and a strong chorus to take strict action against Apps “that harm India’s sovereignty as well as the privacy of our citizens”.
Here’s the list of all 118 Chinese apps that have been banned in the country.
APUS Launcher Pro- Theme, Live Wallpapers, Smart
2. APUS Launcher -Theme, Call Show, Wallpaper, HideApps
3. APUS Security -Antivirus, Phone security, Cleaner
4. APUS Turbo Cleaner 2020- Junk Cleaner, Anti-Virus
5. APUS Flashlight-Free & Bright
6. Cut Cut – Cut Out & Photo Background Editor
7. Baidu
8. Baidu Express Edition
9. FaceU – Inspire your Beauty
10. ShareSave : Latest gadgets, amazing deals
11. CamCard – Business Card Reader
12. CamCard Business
13. CamCard for Salesforce
14. CamOCR
15. InNote
16. VooV Meeting – Tencent Video Conferencing
17. Super Clean – Master of Cleaner, Phone Booster
18. WeChat reading
19. Government WeChat
20. Small Q brush
21. Tencent Weiyun
22. Pitu
23. WeChat Work
24. Cyber Hunter
25. Cyber Hunter Lite
26. Knives Out-No rules, just fight!
27. Super Mecha Champions
28. LifeAfter
29. Dawn of Isles
30. Ludo World-Ludo Superstar
31. Chess Rush
32. PUBG MOBILE Nordic Map: Livik
33. PUBG MOBILE LITE
34. Rise of Kingdoms: Lost Crusade
35. Art of Conquest: Dark Horizon
36. Dank Tanks
37. Warpath
38. Game of Sultans
39. Gallery Vault – Hide Pictures And Videos
40. Smart AppLock (App Protect)
41. Message Lock (SMS Lock)-Gallery Vault Developer Team
42. Hide App-Hide Application Icon
43. AppLock
44. AppLock Lite
45. Dual Space – Multiple Accounts & App Cloner
46. ZAKZAK Pro – Live chat & video chat online
47. ZAKZAK LIVE: live-streaming & video chat app
48. Music – Mp3 Player
49. Music Player – Audio Player & 10 Bands Equalizer
50. HD Camera Selfie Beauty Camera
51. Cleaner – Phone Booster
52. Web Browser & Fast Explorer
53. Video Player All Format for Android
54. Photo Gallery HD & Editor
55. Photo Gallery & Album
56. Music Player – Bass Booster – Free Download
57. HD Camera – Beauty Cam with Filters & Panorama
58. HD Camera Pro & Selfie Camera
59. Music Player – MP3 Player & 10 Bands Equalize
60. Gallery HD
61. Web Browser – Fast, Privacy & Light Web Explorer
62. Web Browser – Secure Explorer
63. Music player – Audio Player
64. Video Player – All Format HD Video Player
65. Lamour Love All Over The World
66. Amour- video chat & call all over the world.
67. MV Master – Make Your Status Video & Community
68. MV Master – Best Video Maker & Photo Video Editor
69. APUS Message Center-Intelligent management
70. LivU Meet new people & Video chat with strangers
71. Carrom Friends : Carrom Board & Pool Game-
72. Ludo All Star- Play Online Ludo Game & Board Games
73. Bike Racing : Moto Traffic Rider Bike Racing Games
74. Rangers Of Oblivion : Online Action MMO RPG Game
75. Z Camera – Photo Editor, Beauty Selfie, Collage
76. GO SMS Pro – Messenger, Free Themes, Emoji
77. U-Dictionary: Oxford Dictionary Free Now Translate
78. Ulike – Define your selfie in trendy style
79. Tantan – Date For Real
80. MICO Chat: New Friends Banaen aur Live Chat karen
81. Kitty Live – Live Streaming & Video Live Chat
82. Malay Social Dating App to Date & Meet Singles
83. Alipay
84. AlipayHK
85. Mobile Taobao
86. Youku
87. Road of Kings- Endless Glory
88. Sina News
89. Netease News
90. Penguin FM
91. Murderous Pursuits
92. Tencent Watchlist (Tencent Technology
93. Learn Chinese AI-Super Chinese
94. HUYA LIVE – Game Live Stream
95. Little Q Album
96. Fighting Landlords – Free and happy Fighting Landlords
97. Hi Meitu
98. Mobile Legends: Pocket
99. VPN for TikTok
100. VPN for TikTok
101. Penguin E-sports Live assistant
102. Buy Cars-offer everything you need, special offers and low prices
103. iPick
104. Beauty Camera Plus – Sweet Camera & Face Selfie
105. Parallel Space Lite – Dual App
106. “Chief Almighty: First Thunder BC
107. MARVEL Super War NetEase Games
108. AFK Arena
109. Creative Destruction NetEase Games
110. Crusaders of Light NetEase Games
111. Mafia City Yotta Games
112. Onmyoji NetEase Games
113. Ride Out Heroes NetEase Games
114. Yimeng Jianghu-Chu Liuxiang has been fully upgraded
115. Legend: Rising Empire NetEase Games
116. Arena of Valor: 5v5 Arena Games
117. Soul Hunters
118. Rules of Survival
For the broken-hearted, some memes that accurately capture our feelings about the ban on #PUBG.https://t.co/KizmBwbOlU
— Quint Neon (@QuintNeon) September 2, 2020
Indian Government on Friday banned 47 apps, which are clones of the applications banned earlier on June. ame of these apps are not disclosed yet. There are many apps with names, functionalities as well as operational ethics similar to the 59 banned Chinese apps all such apps are under the scanner. Some of the banned apps are TikTok Lite, Hello Lite, and ShareIt Lite.
The Central government had banned 59 Chinese Apps on June 29 including some popular Chinese apps such as TikTok, ShareIt, UCBrowser, Club Factory, shein and CamScanner for the security purpose. After giving its decision publicly through a press release the government had ordered the telcos to block access to all those apps as well as their related websites as soon as possible. It also directed Apple and Google to remove the banned apps from their respective app stores in the country.
According to reports, the government has listed 275 Chinese apps and will keep an eye on them; actions will be taken if there is any violation in terms of national security and user privacy. The Union electronics and information technology ministry in an interim order on 29 June said that the apps were engaged in activities that are ‘prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of India, and security of state and public order’. The ministry sent a list of 79 questions to these banned apps and gave them three-weeks’ time to respond, failing which will lead to their permanent ban. This step was taken when the tension between the border of India and China increased and that led to 20 Indian Army personnel being killed on June 15.
Will PUBG Mobile get Banned?
It is believed that PUBG Mobile which is one of the most popular gaming applications would be a part of the new list of banned apps. The Indian Govt is inspecting about 275 Chinese apps including PUBG Mobile, AliExpress, Resso etc for possible privacy and security violations.
However, unlike other apps PUBG Mobile is not entirely Chinese. That could be the saving grace for this game. It was developed by subsidiary company of South Korea: Bluehole. Later on, Chinese company Tencent joined hands with Bluehole to handle distribution of the game in China and other countries.
Because the game is being run by Tencent which is a Chinese company many are fearing that it might get banned. PUBG Mobile is quite a popular mobile game in India especially among the youth and teenagers. Around 1million users will be affected if it gets a ban alongside suspension of many Esport tournaments ongoing. Careers PUBG Mobile professionals is going to be affected surely. We’ll see new developments in upcoming week. The government is yet to release the details.
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