India is unlikely to revoke the ban on the mobile version of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) following PUBG Corp's decision to withdraw publishing rights for the mobile game in the Tencent country of China, a senior government official said on Friday.
PUBG Mobile, a popular online multiplayer battle game, was among 118 Chinese-sourced apps banned by New Delhi earlier this month.
That prompted PUBG Corp, the unit of the South Korean firm behind the game, to announce that it would no longer give Tencent Games the rights to publish the game in India. It also said that it was exploring ways to provide gaming experiences to Indian users in the future.
However, the new ownership structure is unlikely to change things immediately, said the source, who declined to be identified because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
"The violent nature of the game has been the subject of many complaints from all sectors," said the source. "That doesn't change with the change in property rights."
A PUBG Corp spokeswoman in South Korea said the company was closely monitoring India's concerns and was ready to work on anything that needed improvement.
The company has also been in talks with Jio Platforms, the digital unit of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, to bring the game back to its biggest market by users.
"We had initial discussions with Jio Platforms to seek opportunities for cooperation, but nothing has been decided yet," the PUBG spokeswoman told Reuters.
Reliance did not respond to a request for comment.
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