Battlegrounds Mobile India may return temporarily with certain conditions: Report
The ban on the rebranded version of PUBG, Battlegrounds Mobile India, can be lifted soon. As per a report, the government of India is considering three months of temporary clearance to BGMI in India. In these three months, the game will remain under the scrutiny of the government and authorities will monitor the game to check whether it violates any stipulated condition. Also Read — Krafton rolls out second update for Road to Valor: Empires as the game crosses 3.35 lakh downloads
The competent authority in the Ministry of Home Affairs has accorded conditional approval to unblock BGMI for analysis and re-evaluation, as per News18. Also Read — Google charges up to 30 percent commission on payments, Indian gaming CEOs call for government intervention
The game was banned in India in July 2022 on a request made by the Ministry of Home Affairs to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Some reports suggest authorities found game servers interacting with Chinese servers was the immediate trigger behind the ban. Also Read — Road to Valor: Empires update brings Gold Rush, more rewards, better weapons
The reports also talked about violations by Krafton that can create cyber threats by harvesting user data for profiling.
The revamped version of the game will come with a timer, which will not allow the player to play the game beyond a certain time limit, but there is no information on the time limit currently. In addition to this, game developers have also committed to not showing any blood by changing its colour.
Earlier, players were allowed to change the blood colour from the settings to blue or green, but blood will now be in a different colour by default.
Neither Krafton nor the Indian government has officially
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