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PUBG: Mobile has been blocked in India by the government over 'security concerns'
Popular battle royale game PlayerUnknown's Battleground: Mobile (PUBG) has been banned in India along with 118 other Chinese-owned apps.
The game has been banned by order of the Indian government over escalating tensions with China, after American intelligence sources claimed that there was a confrontation in the area of Ladakh.
PUBG was among 118 other apps which were also banned by India, citing the "interest of the country's sovereignty, integrity, defence and security," the government said in a statement.
The game is massively popular in India and NDTV reports that over 13 million people log into the app on a daily basis there.
PUBG: Mobile has been something of a sleeper hit for mobile gaming, since being released on mobile in 2018, it has gone to top 400 million downloads as of last June.
According to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, the battle royale title has been banned along with others under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act.
The government said that the game that “engaged in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, the security of the state and public order”.
Among others blocked include video games, online banking services, dating apps and more.
This seems to be the second wave of bans on certain apps to hit India, as something similar happened back in June.
It was during this time the government banned 59 mobile apps like TikTok, UC Browser and WeChat over security concerns.
This latest swathe of blocking apps comes after the Indian government accused Chinese troops of entering territories in an act of provocation against India.
These supposed incursions have led to a series of clashes between China and India in recent weeks, mostly located in eastern Ladakh.
The Standard Online has reached out to PUBG Corporation and Tencent for a comment regarding this.