Highlights:-

  • PUBG Mobile could resume in India in late 2020.
  • PUBG Corporation may be planning to install Indian servers in the game before launch.
  • PUBG Mobile may have seen the Diwali campaign before launch.

PUBG fans, it could be good news as the popular gaming app is likely to return to India. According to reports, Kraffon, a South Korean company owned by PUBG Corporation has sent operations to Linkedin in the Indian market. The PUBG Mobile app was banned in India by the government and other Chinese applications during a border stop at the Line of Actual Control east of Ladakh. Following the ban, PUBG Corp quickly revoked the game's copyright to Tencent Games.


A letter to “Corporate Development Manager” on LinkedIn was submitted by PUBG Corp on behalf of Krafton on October 20.


Work posted by Krafton and not Tencent. Krafton in its launch wrote that it "offers a diverse portfolio of games on PC, Console and mobile devices including the blockbuster battle royal video game, PLAYER UNKNOWN'S BATTLE GROUNDS (PUBG) and MMORPG, TERA. At its headquarters in Korea, Krafton has offices operating worldwide in North America, Europe, Japan, China and Southeast Asia. ”

PUBG Mobile could return to India soon, according to a new report. The report comes just days after Tencent Games installed the final nail in the coffin of PUBG Mobile by setting up servers in India. While Tencent’s submission imposed a ban on PUBG Mobile in India, which is similar to the last, it also provided the closure of the entire proverb for the game to be restarted in India.


The talk of restarting the game and bringing back PUBG Mobile to India continues for a while. It involves finding a distributor for a new game now as Tencent is not in the picture. The original rights to the game were held by a Korean company, which developed PUBG and licensed the distribution of PUBG Mobile to Tencent, a Chinese-based company. Now, the Korean company is looking at ways to bring PUBG back to India.





A TechCrunch report notes that preparations for the re-launch of PUBG Mobile in India have begun and that there will soon be a Diwali campaign to expand the game. The report also states that at the moment, the owner of PUBG IP is looking to set up certain servers in India that will take care of the government’s concerns about the data and privacy of Indian users.


Back in September, the Indian government banned PUBG Mobile, citing security issues, as well as many other Chinese applications. While this led to the game being released from the Play Store and iOS App Store, it was in late October when the game was finally closed in India after Tencent Games shut down its servers in India.

At the same time, Tencent has announced that it is restoring its copyright to PUBG Mobile India in its South Korean creator.


That marked the final farewell that a large portion of the Indian gaming community applied for the popular PUBG Mobile. India was one of the leading markets for PUBG Mobile, with more than 175 million inputs, which is 24 percent of the total global installation, according to research company SensorTower. PUBG Mobile demanded more than Rs 50 per month from India last year, according to Entrackr.


While the latest report is good news for Indian players and PUBG Corporation, it sets the tone for the future of several indigenous games on the verge of their official entry into the Indian sports market. One of the candidates is FAU-G, developed by nCore Games sponsored by Goqii's Vishal Gondal. Although FAU-G makers have said the game is not trying to replace PUBG Mobile but has created its own space, it is almost based on the same first-person shooter game. A recent athlete showed off avatars of Indian soldiers falling from the sky to fight armed intruders, including guns.