PUBG Banned in India

 Player Unknown’s battleground's ( PUBG) is an online multiplayer battle royal game developed and published by PUBG Corporation, a subsidiary of South Korean video game company Bluehole.

INTRODUCTION: -

The game is based on previous mods that were created by Brendan "Player Unknown" Greene for other games, inspired by the 2000 Japanese film Battle Royale, and expanded into a standalone game under Greene's creative direction. In the game, up to one hundred players parachute onto an island and scavenge for weapons and equipment to kill others while avoiding getting killed themselves.

Which is developed and published by PUBG Corporation. Which can be played on any zone/mode like PC, PS4, XBOX, Mobiles. Directed by Brendan Greene who is a designer, Jang Tae-Seok who is also an artist for it. 

Kim Chang-han has produced it and. It is a multiplayer game and released in the year December 20,2017

Earnings: -

PUBG Mobile, the uber-popular battle royale title from Tencent Games, has seen a massive global revenue gain in the first half of this year, bringing its lifetime collection to $3 billion (roughly Rs. 22,457 crores). PUBG Mobile, along with its Chinese variant known as Game for Peace, has collected a total of $1.3 billion (roughly Rs. 9,731 crores) in 2020 alone. With people staying mostly indoors due to the COVID-19 pandemic and government-imposed lockdowns, the revenues hit a record high of $270 million (roughly Rs. 2,021 crores) in March.

Banned in India: -

This is not the first time that PUBG Mobile has been banned in India, though it's only been banned in small parts of the country before.

• PUBG Mobile has been banned in India by the government on the grounds that the app is a threat to national sovereignty and integrity. The ban was announced late on Wednesday, and aside from PUBG Mobile, another 117 apps were also banned. This is a ban that has been developing for some time now, after the government first banned 59 apps in June, and then later in July, included PUBG Mobile on a list of apps to be considered for ban.

• Now that it has been banned by the government, people are looking to find alternatives to the game. However, this is not the first controversy that has rocked PUBG MOBILE. The hugely popular game has faced bans and controversies before in India, with multiple government officials calling it out as being harmful for the education of students. Here's a look back at some of the big challenges that the game has faced in India in the past.

Impact:-

1 - PUBG Mobile was banned in Rajkot for creating a negative impact on the minds of players. The Rajkot Police issued a notice stating that anyone can complain against someone playing the game and if found guilty, strict action would be taken.

2 - A teenager in Punjab reportedly spent Rs. 16 lakhs from his parents' bank accounts on PUBG Mobile earlier this year, to upgrade his character in the game. Another teenager — also in Punjab — used his grandfather's Paytm account to spend Rs.2 lakh in the game.

3 - The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association had asked the governor of the state to ban PUBG due to the poor 10th and 12th board results.

4 - The game also included a feature that was rolled back because it was alleged that it hurt the religious sentiments of some players, in June this year.

5 - There have also been news reports alleging that the game has caused violence and blaming PUBG addition for violent acts in the last year or two.