With more than 50 million monthly active users in India, PUBG Mobile was by far the most popular mobile game in the country before it was banned. PUBG Mobile to terminate access for users in India on October 30 following ban order Prior to the ban, PUBG Mobile’s content was hosted on Tencent Cloud. After New Delhi banned PUBG Mobile, the gaming firm cut publishing ties with Tencent in the country. A Paytm spokesperson declined to comment.Ĭhinese giant Tencent initially published PUBG Mobile apps in India. In recent weeks, PUBG has also engaged with a number of local firms, including SoftBank-backed Paytm and telecom giant Airtel, to explore whether they would be interested in publishing the popular mobile game in the country, an industry executive said. It also plans to run a marketing campaign in the country during the festival of Diwali next week, one of the sources said. The company could make an announcement about its future plans for India as soon as this week. PUBG Corporation did not respond to a request for comment Thursday. Both the sources requested anonymity as they are not authorized to speak to the press. PUBG Corporation has privately informed some high-profile streamers in the country that it expects to resume the service in India before the end of this year, the other source said.
Microsoft operates data center regions globally, including three in India. Our original story from Friday follows. “With privacy and data security being a top priority for Krafton, the company will be working with Microsoft to ensure personal data protection through Azure,” said Krafton. As part of the deal, games including PUBG Mobile that are developed by Krafton or its subsidiaries will be hosted on Microsoft Azure. Updated at 2.09PM IST on November 7: Krafton, the parent firm of PUBG Corporation, announced today it has inked a global partnership with Microsoft. The South Korean firm has engaged with global cloud service providers in recent weeks to store Indian users’ data within the country to allay New Delhi’s concerns about user data residency and security, one of the sources said. PUBG Mobile, the sleeper hit title that was banned in India two months ago over cybersecurity concerns, is plotting to make a return in the world’s second largest internet market, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch.