The ongoing saga ofPlayerUnknown’s Battlegroundsmobile game being removed from Indian marketplaces is seemingly entering a new chapter.PUBG Mobilewas banned in India earlier this September over cybersecurity issues related to the game’s publisher, Tencent. Now,PUBG Mobilemay be returning to the country following a new partnership with Microsoft, in whichPUBG Mobile’s data will be hosted on Microsoft’s Azure servers.
The news comes fromPUBG Mobile’s parent company, the South Korean Krafton, Inc. Krafton announced plans to move games includingPlayerUnknown’s Battlegroundson PC and consoles, as well asPUBG Mobile, onto Microsoft’s Azure services. It has been further reported by TechCrunch via sources within developer PUBG Corporation that due to this decision,PUBG Mobilemay once again be available in India. This has yet to be officially confirmed, however.
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PUBG Mobilealreadyseparated from its previous publisher, Tencent, just a week after the ban. However, the ban wasn’t lifted despite the distance from the Chinese publisher, and no new publisher has since been announced - though it’s possible that the game will be self-published. The heart of the issue appears to be the security of user data, which India will reportedly trust under Microsoft’s oversight.
For the time being,PUBG Mobileremains banned in Indiaand there’s no word that government officials are reconsidering that position. It wasn’t justPUBG Mobilethat was banned, but a range of games. Nevertheless, for many fans ofPlayerUnknown’s Battlegroundsin India, there’s at least some hopePUBG Mobilewill return eventually.
PUBG Mobileis currently available on iOS and Android devices.
