Popular battle game BGMI gets Indian government approval after 3-month trial
By MYBRANDBOOK
After passing a three-month audit, South Korean gaming giant Krafton has received full approval from the Indian government to operate its popular battle royale game Battlegrounds Mobile India. This move is likely to provide relief to one of the top revenue-grossing games in the country. Sources said, the game will however now be subjected to quarterly assessments.
This move comes after Free Fire, a rival battle royale game from Singapore tech giant Sea's gaming arm Garena, also made a comeback to the country. Similar to BGMI, Free Fire was also being suspended for about one and a half years.
Krafton secured an approval from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to resume the India-only app BGMI on a three-month trial basis in May 2023. The move to revive the game came nearly 10 months after it was suspended from Google Play and Apple App Store following a government order.
On May 19, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the trial approval came after the game complied with issues of server locations and data security among others. "We will keep a close watch on other issues of User harm, addiction, etc. in the next 3 months before a final decision is taken," he said at the time.
BGMI and Free Fire were among the biggest revenue-generating Android apps in the country until their respective suspensions last year. After making a comeback in May 2023, BGMI has once again topped the list of highest-grossing Android apps in India on the Google Play Store. Several industry executives estimate the app’s annual revenue to be around $100 million.
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