PUBG Mobile’s return to India might be sooner than expected. The reason, according to a report by a popular gaming site AFKGaming, there is an advertisement in the works for PUBG Mobile in India. The announcement of the advertisement and the potential return of PUBG Mobile game in India might be announced soon, perhaps as early as November 12. The report stated that the advertisement features well-known PUBG Mobile players and also has a Bollywood actor starring in it. In unofficial communication, PUBG has said that it might be back in India before the end of 2020 and it will be a great thing for India’s gamers after the popular game was banned in June following the incidents in Galwan where Chinese troops killed Indian soldiers.
In further developments, on October 30, Tencent had stopped its services to the PUBG mobile servers and handed the PUBG Mobile Indian IP Rights back to Bluehole (Krafton Inc). Bluehole recently merged with PUBG Corp totally. Tencent also closed down their PUBG Mobile operations in India. For fans of the game, this Diwali could be a blockbuster as PUBG could make an announcement for the game’s relaunch in India as the festival season nears in order to capitalise on the massive marketing campaign surge at that time.
What does this mean?
With Tencent out of the way, the presence of Chinese companies in PUBG, which is essentially South Korean is now out of the window. According to reports in TechCrunch, the South Korean gaming company is in talks with cloud service providers to store game data of Indian gamers. PUBG could return to India before the end of this year in mobile.
In a statement released by PUBG, it said PUBG Corp. have assumed the full control of publishing rights of their title in India and will work in “exploring different ways to engage its community in India through various region-based activities, including esports and community events. The inclusion of the Esports clause is massive as this could open the door for the inclusion of the Korean version of PUBG Mobile.
With players not able to participate in PUBG Multi-Player Levels (PMPL), this move by the year-end is a ‘game-changer’ in more ways than one.
