Krafton says data shared with third parties; not a violation of privacy policyKrafton said it was working to comply fully with Indian laws and regulations in the lead up to the official launch of the mobile game versi...
22 Jun, 2021, 11.35 PM IST
PUBG's India business faces the China threat, againAccording to IGN, data of Battlegrounds Mobile India players is being sent to servers of China Mobile Communications Corp. in Beijing. The ...
22 Jun, 2021, 12.59 PM IST
Battlegrounds Mobile India clocks 20 mn pre-registrations in two weeksBattlegrounds Mobile India, a localised version of PUBG Mobile, received 7.6 million pre-registrations on its opening day and 20 million in...
03 Jun, 2021, 04.10 PM IST
Remodelled PUBG version Battlegrounds Mobile clocks 20 million pre-registrations in 2 weeksIn September last year, PUBG Mobile, which was then published in India by Chinese internet giant Tencent, was banned along with other Chine...
03 Jun, 2021, 02.31 PM IST
PUBG Mobile India pre-registrations start on Google Play storeDesigned for Indian players, Battlegrounds Mobile India (PUBG Mobile India) offers specific rewards on pre-registration, which can be claim...
18 May, 2021, 03.50 PM IST
PUBG to relaunch in India as Battleground Mobile IndiaPUBG developer Krafton will have to make up lost ground in the esports segment, as several gamers and esports organisations have shifted to...
08 May, 2021, 12.13 PM IST
Coding prodigy behind hit game PUBG eyes IPO worth billionsThe IPO could value the startup at as much as 30 trillion won ($27.2 billion), according to a Jan. 5 report by Eugene Investment & Securiti...
19 Jan, 2021, 01.08 PM IST
PUBG to return with India-specific game, to invest $100 millionThe relaunch of PUBG Mobile in the country reflects India’s growing prominence in the global mobile gaming and esports markets.
12 Nov, 2020, 07.38 PM IST
Anybody can download and play PUBG despite ban; government says it's aware of breachesEarlier, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had issued advisories to the effect that none of the banned Chinese...
16 Oct, 2020, 03.27 PM IST
PUBG Mobile's player revenue from India almost negligiblePUBG Corp’s player revenue from India, its largest market in terms of users, is only 1.2% of what it rakes in globally, according to a mark...
16 Sep, 2020, 09.43 AM IST
App ban fallout: PUBG Corporation cancels India franchisee with Tencent GamesPUBG MOBILE is the mobile version of PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS (PUBG), an intellectual property owned and developed by PUBG Corporation...
09 Sep, 2020, 09.55 AM IST
SGX Nifty down 15 points; here's what changed for market while you were sleepingNifty50 rose for the second straight session on Wednesday and formed a small bullish candle on the daily chart. This formation, following T...
03 Sep, 2020, 11.02 AM IST
275 more Chinese apps on India's radar, list includes PubG, RessoList includes Tencent-backed gaming app PubG, Xiaomi’s Zili and AliExpress from Alibaba Group. A senior official told ET that the governmen...
31 Jul, 2020, 09.16 AM IST
Why was TikTok banned in India but PUBG was not?Tik-Tok, Helo and WeChat came under the ambit of the ban, giving a serious jolt to China's dream of setting up a Digital Silk Route. Even a...
03 Jul, 2020, 03.06 PM IST
2019 app roundup: Tinder, Netflix in top non-gaming list, Candy Crush Saga & PUBG Mobile favourite gamesGames offering in-app purchases continued to lead overall rankings.
18 Dec, 2019, 02.18 PM IST
Money game: The growing biz of PUBG and its star playersThe fight-for-survival game has acquired the status of a cultural phenomenon the world over.
28 Aug, 2019, 11.02 AM IST
Money game: The growing biz of PUBG and its star playersIt’s big money as hit game’s publisher, livestreamers and 1 crore daily Indian users go all guns blazing .
28 Aug, 2019, 10.52 AM IST