Pubg: Chinese firm Tencent Games on Friday said it is terminating all services and accessibility to Pubg Mobile users in India to obey the government order last month. On September 2, India banned 118 mobile programs with Chinese links, including popular sport Pubg Mobile, mentioning information privacy issues and a threat to national safety.
This took the total count of Chinese-linked mobile programs prohibited by India to 224.”Tencent Games will terminate all service and accessibility for consumers in India to Pubg Mobile Nordic Map: Livik and Pubg Mobile Lite, collectively”Pubg Mobile” on October 30, 2020. The rights to publish Pubg Mobile in India will be returned to the owner of the Pubg intellectual property,” Pubg Mobile India page onto a social networking site stated.
Pubg Mobile is an activity themed online game originally developed by Pubg Corporation based in South Korea. Tencent gets the right to release mobile versions of the match in India.
While the cellular version is obstructed in India, the website is still accessible since it is operated by the South Korean company and owner of this sport.”Protecting user data has always been a high priority and we always complied with applicable data protection laws and regulations in India.
All users’ gameplay information is processed in a transparent manner as disclosed in our privacy policy. We deeply regret this result and sincerely thank you for love and support for Pubg Mobile in India,” it said.
