Google blocks Krafton's battle-royale game in India after govt order

KRAFTON

28/07/2022 17:14

MUMBAI, July 28 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's  GOOGL.O  Google
on Thursday blocked access to a popular battle-royale format
game from Krafton  259960.KS  in India following a government
order, a Google spokesperson said.
    The removal of Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) comes a
year after India's ban of PUBG, a similar title from South
Korean developer Krafton. PUBG was banned for its affiliation
with Chinese publisher Tencent Games.
    The reason for BGMI's ban was not immediately clear. The
country's IT ministry did not immediately respond to a request
for comment.
    BGMI was unavailable on Apple  AAPL.O  too as of Thursday
evening. A spokesperson for the iPhone maker did not immediately
respond to a request for comment.

 (Reporting by Munsif Vengattil; Additional reporting by Nupur
Anand; Editing by David Evans)
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