PUBG Mobile has been one of the most popular smartphone games to be made available on Android and iOS smartphones, ever. However, now Indians cannot legally play the game as it has been banned in the country under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act.
The government said that the reason behind the app being banned is that is engaged in activities that are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity, defence and security of the country. India is not the only country to ban the game.
Multiple other countries have banned it for a slew of reasons. But at the same time PUBG Mobile has found a way to get back into the market, stronger. Though the game is yet to make a comeback into India, and there is no tentative date provided by PUBG Corp for the same.
Here we will be taking a look at a number of countries which first banned PUBG Mobile in their borders, but later lifted the ban. Tencent Games, the official global distributor for PUBG Mobile is a Chinese entity, which is why a ban on PUBG Mobile in China was the most astonishing.
The ban was implemented due to the amount of bloodshed prevailant in the game. The company came out with a solution for this by creating a separate version of the game called Game For Peace. A strategy it is trying to implement with PUBG Mobile India. Game For Peace had similar maps to the global version, but at the same time completely removed all the bloodshed.
If you kill a character in this version, instead of seeing red hit shots they would be green, and instead of them lying in a pool of blood, they would wave goodbye and fly off. Not just in India, the game has been banned in various other countries like China, Pakistan, Nepal and Korea.
It may come as a surprise for many, since the game has been developed by a Chinese entity, Tencent Games. But PUBG Mobile was once banned in China due to amount of bloodshed in gore in the game. Due to which, the company had to launch a separate version – ‘Game for Peace’.
The game had almost all the features intact compared to the global version, apart from the bloodshed. If the character is killed, instead of red, green shots would be seen and instead of him lying in a pool of blood, they would bid goodbye and fly of
In Pakistan, it as banned due to health concerns. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) had first banned the game after it received complaints of the game being too addictive and hac=ving severe health effects on children. But later it was revoked due to several petitions against the ban.
Similarly to India, Korea to banned the game because of security reasons. But, it was later restored after the company set up separate servers for the country and provided some country-specific changes related to maps, features, etc.
The Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) also banned the game earlier this year after a PIL was filed to ban the game. The game was un-banned soon after, when multiple petitions were filed.
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