New Delhi: South Korean giant Crafton on Monday announced that its video game Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) is now available for download on Google Play.
The company tweeted:
Now you can download your favorite Battle Ground from here!
Available for Android!
Add – https://t.co/S2EZYWapNG#IndianBattleground #bgmi #battlegroundsmobileindia pic.twitter.com/37VtdfMm9T– Battlegrounds Mobile India (@BattleGames_Ind) May 22, 2023
Battlegrounds Mobile India is currently available only on Android. As of now, the game hasn’t been released on the Apple App Store, so BGMI users on iPhone and iPad will have to wait. Although the game is available to download on Android devices, the BGMI servers are now down, making it impossible to play the game.
Crafton on Friday announced that it has secured approval from Indian authorities to resume operations for video game Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI).
PUBG India Latest Update: Direct Link To Download BGMI
The wait is over download your BGMI here – https://t.co/4Iq3MEEugJ#battlegroundsmobileindia #bgmi #IndianBattleground– Battleground Mobile India (@BGMIexplorer) May 22, 2023
The company plans to make the title available to download in the South Asian market “soon”.
“We are very grateful to the Indian authorities for allowing us to resume operations for Battlegrounds Mobile India. We would like to express our gratitude to our Indian gaming community for their support and patience over the past few months,” Sean Hunil Sohan, CEO Krafton India said in a statement.
“We are excited to announce that Battlegrounds Mobile India will soon be available for download and we can’t wait to welcome you to our platform. We look forward to delivering exceptional products and services to our users in India and beyond. We are committed, and we look forward to moving forward. Our journey continues with you,” he said.
The move comes less than two years after the Indian government banned Krafton’s marquee offering PUBG in the country.
Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) banned by Indian government in 2020
In accordance with Section 69A of the Information Technology Act of 2000, the Government of India banned Player Unknown’s Battlefield (PUBG) Mobile along with 117 Chinese applications in September 2020, citing threats to India’s sovereignty, integrity and defence.
At that time there were about 33 million users of PUBG in the country and it was growing rapidly.
The relaunch of PUBG Mobile in India under the new name “PUBG Mobile India” was first made public in November 2020.
To relaunch PUBG Mobile in the nation, PUBG Studio and South Korean video game developer Krafton registered PUBG India Private Ltd under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
The BGMI game will be released in May 2021, according to Krafton. The game was finally made available on 2 July for Android smartphones and on 18 August for iOS devices.
The number of registered users on BGMI exceeded 100 million in just one year.
The BGMI Gaming app was later removed from the respective Internet stores by Google and Apple on the instructions of the Government of India.
Google and Apple have removed the popular battle royale game BGMI from their respective app stores.
The ban was under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.