Gujarat: 10 arrested for playing PUBG game on mobile phones
5 years, 9 months ago

Gujarat: 10 arrested for playing PUBG game on mobile phones

ABP News  

AHMEDABAD: Ten people were arrested in the last two days for allegedly playing the PUBG game on their mobile phones in Gujarat's Rajkot despite the police banning it, PTI reported on Thursday. "On Tuesday, our teams arrested six college students playing PUBG game on their mobile phones on Kalavad Road and in Jagannath Chowk area," PTI quoted Rajkot taluka police inspector V S Vanzara as saying. The same day, Gandhigram police arrested a 25-year-old private firm employee for playing the game on his phone, a release from the police control room said. On Wednesday, three people were arrested by Rajkot police's special operations group while playing the game on their phones in different areas of the city, another official release said.

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Many mobile games violent, addictive...PUBG just one example: Prakash Javadekar
3 years, 10 months ago

Many mobile games violent, addictive...PUBG just one example: Prakash Javadekar

Hindustan Times  

Many mobile games are "violent, explicit and addictive", and PUBG was just one example, Union minister Prakash Javadekar said Sunday, announcing a government plan to set up a center of excellence in gaming and other related areas to promote Indian cultural ethos. The minister for information and broadcasting said his ministry has decided to form a gaming centre to teach …

PUBG Mobile Banned Over 1.2 Million Hackers Last Week for Cheating: All Details Here
3 years, 11 months ago

PUBG Mobile Banned Over 1.2 Million Hackers Last Week for Cheating: All Details Here

News 18  

PUBG Mobile is arguably the most popular online battle royale game in the world with an estimated 600 million players globally. PUBG Mobile developers take out an Anti-Cheating report frequently, to show how many hackers and cheaters were banned from the game. In their latest report, PUBG Mobile’s developers said that a total of 1,217,342 accounts were permanently suspended between …

PUBG Mobile India launch date, list of countries where the game was unbanned
4 years ago

PUBG Mobile India launch date, list of countries where the game was unbanned

India TV News  

PUBG Mobile is a huge fan base not online in India but all over the world. While it came as a surprise for many, India is not the only country that banned PUBG Mobile. Pakistan Pakistan Telecommunication Authority banned PUBG Mobile as the regulatory was receiving complaints against the game. Nepal The Nepal Telecommunications Authority also banned PUBG Mobile earlier …

Bad News for PUBG Mobile India? Apex Child Rights Body Demands Legislations Before Launch
4 years ago

Bad News for PUBG Mobile India? Apex Child Rights Body Demands Legislations Before Launch

News 18  

India’s apex child rights body NCPCR has said it will not be appropriate to relaunch popular gaming app PUBG in the country until legislations are in place for such online games, according to officials. PUBG, which was earlier distributed in India by China’s Tencent Games, has sought permission from the government to relaunch in the country. In a meeting called …

PUBG Mobile India: Amid December Launch Speculation, Report Alleges No Ministry Clearance
4 years, 1 month ago

PUBG Mobile India: Amid December Launch Speculation, Report Alleges No Ministry Clearance

News 18  

PUBG Mobile India generated an understandable amount of hype, the moment its parent company, PUBG Corp, stated that it will be launching the game as a version that’s tailored for the Indian audience and compliant with all government guidelines. Now, from earlier today, two standalone reports have claimed the polar opposite — while one says that the game may launch …

PUBG Mobile is Making a Comeback and Indian Gamers Have Lost Their Collective Calm
4 years, 1 month ago

PUBG Mobile is Making a Comeback and Indian Gamers Have Lost Their Collective Calm

News 18  

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds aka PUBG is coming back. Days after Tencent Games announced that they “deeply regretted the outcome” during the departure of the massively popular game from India, the creators of PUBG have confirmed that there is a new version of the game called PUBG Mobile India that is in the works. Coming backPUBG Corporation Reveals "PUBG Mobile India" Plans …

Will PUBG Mobile be Unbanned in India? New Job Posting Excites Fans
4 years, 2 months ago

Will PUBG Mobile be Unbanned in India? New Job Posting Excites Fans

News 18  

PUBG Mobile faced an abrupt ban in India about a month ago, when the government of India named PUBG Mobile in a list of 118 apps that were suspended in India in lieu of their ties to Chinese developers and publishers. The latest bit to add to the speculations is a job posting by PUBG Corp, the developers of the …

PUBG Mobile ban unlikely to be lifted in India because of its 'violent nature'
4 years, 3 months ago

PUBG Mobile ban unlikely to be lifted in India because of its 'violent nature'

Firstpost  

It has been almost a month since the government banned the PUBG Mobile game in India. These attempts include PUBG Corporation cutting ties with Tencent for PUBG Mobile in India. According to a report by Reuters, despite PUBG Corporation taking over the publishing rights in India, the government is not yet ready to revoke the ban. That does not change …

PUBG Mobile to Remain Banned in India Despite Tencent License Withdrawal: Govt Official
4 years, 3 months ago

PUBG Mobile to Remain Banned in India Despite Tencent License Withdrawal: Govt Official

News 18  

India is unlikely to revoke a ban on the mobile version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds following PUBG Corp’s decision to withdraw the mobile game’s publishing rights in the country from China’s Tencent, a senior government official said on Friday. PUBG Mobile, a popular online multiplayer battle game, was among 118 Chinese-origin apps banned by New Delhi earlier this month. That led …

PUBG Mobile Ban Will Not Halt Professional Gaming in India: Experts
4 years, 4 months ago

PUBG Mobile Ban Will Not Halt Professional Gaming in India: Experts

News 18  

PUBG Mobile ban in India has caused plenty of furore on all fronts. Different audiences, too, are migrating to different game streams.” Rathee and Pandita’s thoughts are in line with the market trends being observed, about a week into the PUBG Mobile ban in India. Notably, in the 30-day period until September 5, Call of Duty Mobile registered 1.56 million …

PUBG Mobile Developer Tencent to Speak With Indian Authorities Regarding the Recent Ban
4 years, 4 months ago

PUBG Mobile Developer Tencent to Speak With Indian Authorities Regarding the Recent Ban

News 18  

Chinese gaming and social media group Tencent said on Thursday it takes the protection of user privacy and data seriously, in response to India’s banning of Chinese apps. India has banned another 118 mostly Chinese mobile apps including Tencent’s popular videogame PUBG Mobile, the government said on Wednesday, citing data security concerns. It was a stress-buster for me,” said Mustafa …

PUBG Mobile banned in India, gamers now hope to play PUBG on computers
4 years, 4 months ago

PUBG Mobile banned in India, gamers now hope to play PUBG on computers

India Today  

The Indian government on Wednesday banned PUBG Mobile along with 117 other apps because “they are engaged in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of India, security of state and public order." "PUBG mobile gave a lot of people an opportunity to play games on their mobile device which is not restricted to a pay …

PUBG Mobile Banned in India After Game Blacklisted Over 2 Million Players for Cheating
4 years, 4 months ago

PUBG Mobile Banned in India After Game Blacklisted Over 2 Million Players for Cheating

News 18  

Update: PUBG now faces an uncertain future in India, after the government of India named PUBG Mobile Lite under a list of 118 apps that have been banned in India, effective today. While it is not clear if the government wants to ban only PUBG Mobile Lite specifically, it would seem that PUBG Mobile players face an uncertain future in …

PUBG: India bans Tencent game in latest crackdown on Chinese apps
4 years, 4 months ago

PUBG: India bans Tencent game in latest crackdown on Chinese apps

CNN  

London/New Delhi CNN Business — India has banned another collection of Chinese apps, including the mobile version of popular game PUBG, as tensions between the two countries rise again over disputed territory along their shared border. The country’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology announced Wednesday that it would block 118 additional apps that “are engaged in activities which prejudicial …

PUBG Mobile Players in Jammu Kill Man Who Asked Them to Not Make Noise: Report
4 years, 5 months ago

PUBG Mobile Players in Jammu Kill Man Who Asked Them to Not Make Noise: Report

News 18  

PUBG Mobile is one of the most popular games in India as well as around the world, but it has seen its own share of violence being committed as a result of players being addicted to the game. Pura tehsil in Jammu was killed by three PUBG Mobile players, following an altercation where the players were asked to keep the …

PUBG Addict in Punjab Uses Rs 16 Lakh from Father’s Bank Accounts for in-app Purchases
4 years, 6 months ago

PUBG Addict in Punjab Uses Rs 16 Lakh from Father’s Bank Accounts for in-app Purchases

News 18  

PUBG craze is real and it has managed to keep people glued to screen for hours at a stretch. But a youth from Punjab's Kharar took the craze for the mobile game to another level after he spent Rs 16 lakhs from his father's account to buy virtual ammunition in the game. The 17-year-old would take his father's mobile phone …

Maharashtra: Mohammad Shaikh killed by 15-year-old brother for scolding him over playing PUBG game
5 years, 6 months ago

Maharashtra: Mohammad Shaikh killed by 15-year-old brother for scolding him over playing PUBG game

Op India  

A 15-year-old minor boy from Bhiwandi in Thane district of Maharashtra allegedly killed his elder brother, Mohammad Shaik, for scolding him over playing the PUBG game on his mobile phone. The minor boy infuriated by his brother’s interference allegedly banged the head of Shaikh against a wall and stabbed him repeatedly with scissors, said senior police inspector Mamata D’Souza. The …

'No Public Interest' : Gujarat HC Dismisses PIL Against PUBG Ban [Read Order]
5 years, 8 months ago

'No Public Interest' : Gujarat HC Dismisses PIL Against PUBG Ban [Read Order]

Live Law  

The High Court of Gujarat yesterday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation petition filed by Internet Freedom Foundation challenging the ban imposed by Gujarat police on the online video game PUBG. "We are not satisfied that the scope of the present writ petition falls under the ambit of Public Interest Litigation", observed the bench of Chief Justice Anant S Dave and …

PUBG addiction: Parents in the UAE demand ban on the game citing violent content
5 years, 9 months ago

PUBG addiction: Parents in the UAE demand ban on the game citing violent content

Firstpost  

Parents in the UAE are of the opinion that games like PUBG have a “bad influence on youth”. Parents in the UAE are also demanding a ban on the popular mobile battle royale title, citing its adverse effects on the mindset of children. As per a report by UAE-based publication Khaleej Times, a number of parents in the country are …

Deadly Addiction
5 years, 9 months ago

Deadly Addiction

Deccan Chronicle  

Popular game PlayerUnknown Battleground or PUBG has recently hit headlines for all wrong reasons with incidents of players injuring themselves or posing danger to others. Recently, Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights issued a statement terming these games are full of misogyny, hate, deceit, and vengeance and “at an age where a child learns from what he or she …

PUBG problem: Pune-based counsellor says parental policing needed to curb addiction
5 years, 9 months ago

PUBG problem: Pune-based counsellor says parental policing needed to curb addiction

Hindustan Times  

An incident which happened on March 15 in Nashik, has shaken parents of young adults to the core. The craze for online games among children and young adults has increased, say parents.. “It is difficult to handle our wards who like these online games. “Addiction to mobile games has become an issue and I see many young adults playing PUBG …

Gujarat Police Arrest PUBG Players After The Game Gets Banned In Some Cities
5 years, 9 months ago

Gujarat Police Arrest PUBG Players After The Game Gets Banned In Some Cities

Live Law  

The Gujarat Police seems to have invented a new crime: Playing a widely popular online game-PUBG. According to PTI Report, ten people, including six college students, were arrested in Gujarat's Rajkot city in the last two days for allegedly playing the PUBG game on their mobile phones despite the police banning it. Rajkot Police Commissioner on 6th March had issued …

Tencent India offers to enter talks with police in the wake of arrests and PUBG ban
5 years, 9 months ago

Tencent India offers to enter talks with police in the wake of arrests and PUBG ban

Firstpost  

Just a few days after Rajkot police arrested 10 people for playing PUBG Mobile, a worried Tencent India has finally spoken out on the issue suggesting the company intends to engage in talks with Gujarat police authorities to lift the ban on the game. Tencent India who foresees the issue turning to a far more serious situation over time issued …

Eight more arrested in Gujarat for playing PUBG video game on phones
5 years, 9 months ago

Eight more arrested in Gujarat for playing PUBG video game on phones

India TV News  

Eight more people, including seven college students, were arrested in Gujarat Friday for playing PUBG video game on their mobile phones despite a ban on it, police said. All the eight arrested persons were booked under Indian Penal Code section 188 and later granted bail at the police stations concerned, the police said. One of them, a 20-year-old man, was …

Banning PUBG and arresting people is an ineffective solution to the core problem
5 years, 9 months ago

Banning PUBG and arresting people is an ineffective solution to the core problem

Firstpost  

Update: The PUBG Mobile India team has issued a statement on the ban. To PUBG MOBILE players, we want to assure you that we are on your side and we will try our best to find a reasonable solution.” It isn’t often that video games are in the news for law and order problems, but this on the rise in …

10 arrested for playing PUBG: These are the cities in India where the game is banned
5 years, 9 months ago

10 arrested for playing PUBG: These are the cities in India where the game is banned

Firstpost  

Surat and Rajkot were the first cities to ban PUBG and PUBG Mobile in India last week. The PC version of PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds better known as PUGB and its hugely popular mobile version named PUBG Mobile have been banned across several towns and cities in India. The notification issued also stated that if anyone was caught playing PUBG would be …

PUBG Mobile ban: Rajkot police arrest 10 people for playing the game in public
5 years, 9 months ago

PUBG Mobile ban: Rajkot police arrest 10 people for playing the game in public

Firstpost  

Rajkot police have arrested ten people for playing PUBG, six of them are college students. In the last two days, Rajkot police have arrested ten people — six students are still in college for playing the game. The Rajkot Special operations group caught three youths ‘red handed’ playing the game and charged them under IPC Section 188 for violating the …

BAN PUBG: After demands for ban in India, PUBG promises new path
5 years, 10 months ago

BAN PUBG: After demands for ban in India, PUBG promises new path

Deccan Chronicle  

One of the most popular games that spread like wildfire amongst the youth is PUBG. In an official statement to Deccan Chronicle, PUBG Mobile team states, “We appreciate the support and trust given to us by our PUBG MOBILE players. To this end, we constantly work and shall continue to work with different stakeholders, including parents, educators and government bodies, …

PIL Seeking Ban On PUBG: Bombay HC Seeks Centre, Maharashtra Govt's Response
5 years, 10 months ago

PIL Seeking Ban On PUBG: Bombay HC Seeks Centre, Maharashtra Govt's Response

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has asked the Centre and the Maharashtra government to file their replies in a PIL filed by an 11-year-old boy seeking a ban on the online game PUBG at all schools in the state. A division bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice NM Jamdar sought suggestions from both the state and the Centre with …

Ye PUBG wala hai: Banning games solves nothing, parents should monitor child's screen time
5 years, 11 months ago

Ye PUBG wala hai: Banning games solves nothing, parents should monitor child's screen time

Firstpost  

Parents need to set boundaries around their child’s internet usage, and not let them have unlimited, unsupervised access to smartphones. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past one year, you would definitely know or at least have heard about PUBG, an online multi-player game that was first launched for PCs and gaming consoles and later made available …

There is no stopping PUBG, Fortnite games among Indian youngsters
5 years, 11 months ago

There is no stopping PUBG, Fortnite games among Indian youngsters

Live Mint  

New Delhi: "Ye PUBG wala hai kya?" The ground reality is that online, multi-player games have taken over the millenials big time in India, sending the earlier individual mobile games like Candy Crush and Temple Run almost into oblivion. These "survival of the fittest" games where mobile users fight each other in real-time using virtual warfare techniques, have eclipsed single-player …

PUBG Mobile: What is it, is it affecting students and why have Gujarat, VIT and other institutions banned it
5 years, 11 months ago

PUBG Mobile: What is it, is it affecting students and why have Gujarat, VIT and other institutions banned it

India Today  

In the last few months, various reports have come from across the country with regards to PUBG Mobile. PUBG MOBILE relies on an ultra-realistic console-quality Unreal Engine 4 game platform. While most high-resolution games are restricted to flagship grade devices, PUBG MOBILE is optimised to run on low-end Android phones as well. Compared to simple games such as Candy Crush …

PUBG is officially banned in schools, says Gujarat government
5 years, 11 months ago

PUBG is officially banned in schools, says Gujarat government

India Today  

Gujarat is now officially the first state in India where the popular mobile game PUBG has been banned from primary schools. The circular directs District Primary Education Officers to ensure necessary steps have been taken in order to ban the game completely in primary schools. The Gujarat government's recent circular to ensure a ban on the game seems to be …

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