PUBG Mobile Is Back as Battlegrounds Mobile India 7u26 but Is It Here to Stay?

Battlegrounds Mobile India debuted in open beta last week. 4v3f4z

By Jagmeet Singh | Updated: 25 June 2021 18:43 IST

PUBG Mobile Is Back as Battlegrounds Mobile India, but Is It Here to Stay?

Photo Credit: Krafton/ Battlegrounds Mobile India 634b34

Battlegrounds Mobile India doesn’t have any major changes over PUBG Mobile

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PUBG Mobile is back in a new avatar, Battlegrounds Mobile India, in the country as a result of its months-long ban. Though Krafton claims the new game is designed to address concerns over its original version, it's actually not new — it is just what Chinese audiences have had all along. Battlegrounds Mobile India has emerged more like a marginally tweaked version of PUBG Mobile, with just a handful of (unnecessary) differences. And there's no India-specific changes here, with those tricolour posters relegated to the marketing teasers.

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Battlegrounds Mobile India is crossed the mark of 5 million s. But it has not been a smooth initial success for the game.

Weeks ahead of Battlegrounds Mobile India's formal launch, Arunachal Pradesh Member of Legislative Assembly Ninong Ering Narendra Modi to ban the game. The government did not publicly respond to Ering.

Shortly after its release, the Indian avatar of PUBG Mobile was found to be sending resulted in the ban of the original title in September last year. Traders' body Confederation Of All India Traders (CAIT) has also demanded a ban of the new game citing it was sending data outside the country.

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Gameplay in Battlegrounds Mobile India is essentially as it was with PUBG Mobile. The changes are merely due to porting over the Chinese version. For instance, gore and violence effects have been removed as the Chinese government doesn't allow that in its games. Even traditional red animation of blood has been replaced with green leaves. Yes, leaves.

Krafton has allowed existing PUBG Mobile s to move their original saved game data to Battlegrounds Mobile India. However, it is important to point out that friends with whom you were playing matches on PUBG Mobile are not automatically added when you move to the new game - the friends list has been lost in the changeover.

Further hurting the community side of things is the fact that many PUBG Mobile players have moved to Garena Free Fire, in the months that it was banned. Those aren't likely to easily move to Battlegrounds Mobile India — considering the fact that they've already made their communities on those other games.

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Krafton has not yet provided any details about when exactly it would make Battlegrounds Mobile India available out of beta or on iPhone. However, the gaming community does have some information. You can check that out in our discussion.

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