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Free Fire Max beats BGMI to bag India’s favourite esports tag As per data from media analytics platform Comscore, Free Fire Max first overtook BGMI in terms of unique visitors in August 2022, just a month after the government blocked BGMI.
17 Jan, 2024, 06.00 AM ISTHow Krafton brought PUBG successor Battlegrounds back from a ban Krafton, publisher of one of India’s most popular esports titles, Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), shifted data, hiked India investment, made changes to game to get ban revoked
11 Jan, 2024, 10.50 AM ISTEcommerce roll-up firms in distress; how Krafton scripted BGMI return Thrasio-style ecommerce roll-up companies such as Goat Brand Labs are struggling to survive amid an overall funding squeeze. This and more in today's ETtech Morning Dispatch.
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Game on: Krafton’s BGMI return revvs up Indian esports scene The lifting of the BGMI block on a trial basis in May has streaming platforms and tournament organisers alike projecting a bump in viewership and revenues. At the same time, professional BGMI teams are seeing their calendars fill up with tournaments...
28 Jun, 2023, 03.37 PM ISTAfter year-long ban, Krafton relaunches BGMI in India with limited playtime The prohibition on Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) has been lifted for 90 days, following which the government is expected to review whether it is in compliance with Indian laws and decide whether to lift the ban permanently or block it again.
29 May, 2023, 09.29 PM ISTSmartphone sales plateau in rural areas; Nvidia nears $1 trillion market cap riding AI wave Affordability issues, coupled with the affinity for feature phones, have led to smartphone sales stagnating in rural areas since mid-2021 — in sharp contrast to the market trend in urban areas. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
29 May, 2023, 07.31 PM ISTKrafton’s BGMI game set for comeback after government lifts ban temporarily The move comes less than two years after the Indian government banned Krafton's marquee offering PUBG in the country.
19 May, 2023, 01.33 PM ISTPUBG, BGMI maker Krafton to launch new mobile game in India - 'Road to Valor: Empires' Krafton, the maker of popular games like PUBG and BGMI, has confirmed that it will soon launch a new mobile game in India called Road to Valor Empires.
22 Feb, 2023, 08.55 PM ISTBGMI to be back in India soon? Here's everything you need to know Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) has been banned from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store in July 2022.
14 Dec, 2022, 04.46 PM ISTPUBG to return with BGMI: Govt could lift the ban on Krafton BGMI from PUBG is set to return to India as the government could lift the ban on Krafton, based on clues given by the company.
29 Oct, 2022, 05.38 PM ISTEsports industry will reset post BGMI issue, says Rooter founder Piyush Kumar “Rooter is clocking 3-4 million downloads a month and has a wide variety of game streamers. From $5 million ARR (annual recurring revenue) at present, we are on track to reach $10 million ARR by October 2022. Our monthly active users have gone up 59...
05 Aug, 2022, 04.18 PM ISTIndia has blocked 348 apps in total for ‘unauthorised data collection’: govt Some of the blocked apps were developed in China, minister of state Rajeev Chandrasekhar told Parliament in response to a question on August 3.
03 Aug, 2022, 04.37 PM ISTBattlegrounds Mobile India, Indian version of PUBG taken down Soon after BGMI was launched last year, concerns had been raised about the app sending data to servers in China. At that time, Krafton had said that this was not in violation of its privacy policy.
29 Jul, 2022, 07.53 PM ISTGovt quietly blocks PUBG replacement; Ola halted EV production after ‘inventory pile-up’ A source has told Reuters the government silently ordered the blocking as it was concerned the hugely popular game was sharing users’ data with entities in China.
29 Jul, 2022, 06.39 PM ISTIndia blocks Krafton's Battlegrounds Mobile India on concerns over data sharing in China The Indian government has not publicly announced the blocking. But the app was removed from Alphabet Inc's Google Play Store and Apple Inc's App Store as of Thursday evening in India.
29 Jul, 2022, 02.36 PM ISTOla to sack 1,000 workers; Aarogya Setu data protocols were discontinued in May The restructuring exercise – which is expected to last a few more weeks – is aimed at increasing Ola’s focus on its electric mobility business, for which it is hiring “aggressively”, according to executives engaged in the recruitment process.
29 Jul, 2022, 06.58 AM ISTPUBG maker Krafton lines up $100m+ for Indian tech startups Krafton launched Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) last year. Since the launch, BGMI has hit 100 million registered users, Changhan Kim said.
15 Jun, 2022, 05.04 PM ISTGovt to plug Aadhaar gaps, curb misuse; Udaan ‘on track’, CEO tells staff UIDAI also plans to integrate its data with death registration records to prevent people from using Aadhaar numbers of deceased citizens to claim benefits.
15 Jun, 2022, 08.04 AM ISTNGO urges government to ban BGMI-PUBG BGMI is published by South Korean studio Krafton in India, and is an Indian version of its popular battle royale game, PlayersUnknown Battlegrounds (PUBG) which had been banned in India as part of the ban on Chinese apps in 2020.
28 Feb, 2022, 06.16 PM ISTBGMI creator Krafton leads $6.5 million funding round in FRND app FRND—an audio-focused dating app—will use the funding to expand its services beyond 10 Indian languages. For Krafton, FRND is its fourth Indian investment after Nodwin Gaming, Loco and Pratilipi.
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