{"id":326163,"date":"2020-09-08T10:15:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T10:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=326163"},"modified":"2020-09-08T13:48:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T13:48:44","slug":"pubg-cancels-india-franchise-with-tencent-games-after-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pubg-cancels-india-franchise-with-tencent-games-after-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"PUBG cancels India franchise with Tencent games after ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/india-bans-another-118-apps-including-pubg-wechat\/pubg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-325950\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-325950 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pubg-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/09\/pubg-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/09\/pubg.jpg 556w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>PUBG Corporation, a South Korean Gaming on Tuesday said that it has decided to no longer authorize its Player Unknown\u2019s Battlegrounds\u00a0mobile\u00a0franchise to\u00a0Tencent\u00a0Games in India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">This came a week after India banned the game along with 117 other Chinese-origin apps citing national security threat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u201cPUBG Corporation is actively monitoring the situation around the recent bans of\u00a0PUBG MOBILE Nordic Map: Livik\u00a0and\u00a0PUBG MOBILE Lite\u00a0in India. It has seen an overwhelming amount of support for the game from the country\u2019s player base and would like to thank the community for their passion and enthusiasm,\u201d according to the statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">In light of recent developments, PUBG Corporation has made the decision to no longer authorize the\u00a0PUBG MOBILE\u00a0franchise to Tencent Games in India. Moving forward, PUBG Corporation will take on all publishing responsibilities within the country. As the company explores ways to provide its own\u00a0PUBG\u00a0experience for India in the near future,\u201d it said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u201cPUBG Corporation is committed to providing its unique battle royale experience to a global audience and hopes to continue engaging with its passionate player base in India. In addition to regular content updates, the company is exploring different ways to engage its community in India through various region-based activities, including esports and community events,\u201d it added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUBG Corporation, a South Korean Gaming on Tuesday said that it has decided to no longer authorize its Player Unknown\u2019s Battlegrounds\u00a0mobile\u00a0franchise to\u00a0Tencent\u00a0Games in India. This came a week after India banned the game along with 117 other Chinese-origin apps citing national security threat. \u201cPUBG Corporation is actively monitoring the situation around the recent bans of\u00a0PUBG [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":325950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[13359,13396],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326164,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326163\/revisions\/326164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/325950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}