In September, PUBG Mobile, PUBG Mobile Lite, along 116 other games and apps with Chinese ties were banned by the Indian government. Since then, many have moved to other games like Garena Free Fire, COD Mobile, but there are still lots of players hoping for the game to comeback to India. And it seems like what many fans have been waiting for finally come true. Yesterday, PUBG Corporation’s latest announcement reveals that the game will be revived in India under the name PUBG Mobile India, which is specially made for the Indian market.
However, while a lot of gamers are happy about the news, PUBG Mobile Lite players are pretty confused when the comeback was announced as the press release didn’t provide any information about the lite version of the game, PUBG Mobile Lite.
These are some of the tweets by PUBG Mobile Lite players, showing their concern:
For now, all you can do is waiting for another announcement from PUBG Corporation.
To recall, the press release revealed that the company will be setting up a subsidiary to "enhance communications and services with players.". It will reportedly more than 100 employees for business, game development, esports, among others. The Korean-based organization also revealed its plan of putting $100 million investment in India's various ecosystems to "cultivate the local video game, esports, entertainment, and IT industries."
A substantial amount of that investment will go into tournaments and esports events that its Indian branch will hold in the future to boost the gaming scene in the country. The company believes that these events will be exclusive to India and feature “the biggest tournaments, the largest prize pools, and the best tournament productions”.
In a statement, PUBG Corporation also addresses the privacy concern: “privacy and security of Indian player data being a top priority for PUBG Corporation, the company will conduct regular audits and verifications on the storage systems holding Indian users’ personally identifiable information to reinforce security and ensure that their data is safely managed.”