After a lot of controversies, PUBG Mobile players finally say farewell to their favorite game as it was listed as a Chinese application which will be officially banned in India. This raised a big concern about the fate of PUBG Mobile top rival in India - Free Fire. While some sources said that Garena Free Fire is also a Chinese app and it could also be locked out of the country, what is the truth about it?
Will Free Fire be banned in India just like PUBG Mobile?
Yesterday, the whole gaming community of India has been taken by storm for the news that PUBG Mobile will be officially banned in the country due to its Chinese origins while the relationship between India and our neighborhood China has been taken to a new tension. Among the updated lists of banned Chinese apps, there are popular games like PUBG Mobile, PUBG Mobile Lite, AFK Area, Marvel Super War, Cyber Hunter and many others and FF wasn't included.
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Does Free Fire belong to a Chinese company?
In fact, Free Fire was developed and published by Garena which was founded in 2009 in Singapore. Along with Shopee and SeaMoney, Garena is run under the parent company Sea Limited whose CEO is a China-born businessman Forrest Li. However, after graduating from Stanford Graduate School of Business in the US, Li moved to Singapore and started up his business. He also had Singapore citizenship so he is no longer a Chinese now.
For the reasons above, it can be assured that Free Fire won’t be banned in India as the game legally belongs to a Singapore company, not a Chinese one!
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