Since many things have changed over the past few years and since many other games are also blooming and people are even establishing a career through them, you will get to read about rajkotupdates.news games : Garena Free Fire & Pubg India and what is occurring in the current scene in this site. Let’s get started with the newest news, but first you should be familiar with the games we’ll be discussing.
After rapidly amassing a large player base in India, Free Fire and PUBG (or BGMI) mysteriously vanished from the App Store and Google Play yesterday, causing widespread panic among its fans. However, reports in today’s news indicate that both Garena Free Fire and PUBG have been officially banned in India.
There was much consternation among Free Fire and PUBG fans in India after they mysteriously vanished from the iOS and Android app stores. Some have speculated that the Indian government has banned it, while others have said it’s just a technical problem. Contrary to popular belief, the games were indeed banned by the government without any prior warning on February 14, 2022.
In September of 2020, the Indian subcontinent was hit by a ban on apps developed in China. A number of apps, including the popular battle royale game PUBG Mobile, were at the moment prohibited in India. This time, it seems to be the popular Chinese battle royale game Free Fire and other apps that are being targeted, almost like a mirror occurrence.
The Home Office’s reasoning behind the restriction remains unclear, but it has been implemented nonetheless. Previously, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had prohibited a wide variety of apps, including TikTok, AliExpress, and PUBG (MEITY).
However, many players are caught off guard by the fact that Free Fire Max, an enhanced version of the original game, is still active on Indian servers. The Free Fire community can only sit tight and wait for updates.
Why Garena Free Fire got banned in India?
A person close to Garena (the developer of Free Fire) told TechCrunch that the Indian ban came as an unpleasant surprise to the company. She was preparing for deals with local esports organizations that could help promote the battle royale.
Previously, Free Fire had a strong presence in India. According to App Annie, Free Fire accounted for the most spending by Indian gamers in the first half of last year. Also, as of January 2022, more than half of the MAU of the game were users from India – 40 million out of 75 million people.
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Although Garena is a Singaporean and not a Chinese company, the ban on its project is still indirectly related to China. Garena is a subsidiary of the technology corporation Sea, about 20% of whose shares are owned by the Chinese giant Tencent. According to TechCrunch, this was the basis for the Free Fire ban.
Why was BGMI removed from the Google Play Store?
BGMI was seen as the replacement for PUBG Mobile in India as Krafton severed ties with Tencent to release a local version of this game. Indian PUBG or BGMI is currently the highest grossing game in India but has been abruptly removed from the Google Play Store.
BGMI has not been listed in the official app stores for a few hours and its reason has not been officially mentioned anywhere. The apparent reason for this removal is the ban order imposed by the Indian government, which obliges all regulatory bodies to follow it and remove access to the BGMI.
