Confirming the acquisition, Krafton stated that it has secured "north of 75% stake" in Nautilus, a Pune-based gaming studio renowned for its cricket-focused Real Cricket franchise.

The PUBG Mobile 3.7 update, featuring the Golden Dynasty mode with floating islands and time-bending powers, releases today. Players can explore the new Rondo map, an 8x8 setting blending modern and traditional Eastern elements, and discover improved gun skins and realistic weather.

Police have detained a Pakistani woman and her four children who were illegally staying in Greater Noida, where they were allegedly sheltered by a local man who met her through online game PUBG.

Violent e-games like PUBG is turning out to be a bad influence on Indian society. Meanwhile, IOA chief Narender Batra has clarified that it has denied any recognition to E-sports for violent games.

In 2020, the government blocked popular gaming app PUBG and others, terming them prejudicial to the nation's sovereignty, integrity and defence.

According to reports, the child fatally shot his mother on Saturday and kept her body locked inside a room of their house here for two days before telling his father, an Army officer stationed in West Bengal, about the tragedy.

When PUBG: Battlegrounds goes free-to-play, it will launch Battlegrounds Plus, an optional premium account upgrade that grants players access to a slew of new and unique in-game features.
 

According to the research, first-time instals stay unchanged, increasing 0.5 per cent year on year across the App Store and Google Play to 143.6 billion in 2021 from 142.9 billion in 2020.
 

Following the prohibition on the original PUBG Mobile last year, this is the first PUBG-branded game allowed for download in India. Its developer Krafton re-released PUBG Mobile (as BGMI) earlier this year with many changes tailored to the Indian market.

PUBG: New State was introduced in February of this year and has attracted over 50 million pre-registrations on both Android and iOS.