BGMI game taken off from Google Play, Apple App Store in India

It looks like Krafton can’t catch a break in India. After the ban on PUBG (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) in September 2020, the South Korean company severed ties with Chinese peer Tencent and created a brand new game Battle Ground Mobile India, and launched it exclusively in the Sub-continent.

It was an instant hit and successfully managed to fill the void left by the ban on PUBG.

Within a short span of time, it was able to grow fast and even breached the 100 million (one crore) active user base.

However, just like PUBG, BGMI also began to face backlash from NGOs and people’s representatives as parents complained about youngsters mostly adolescents (13-19 age group) losing focus on studies and were addicted to BGMI gaming all day.