Battle royale is a quite popular game genre nowadays. It’s because the gameplay offered in this genre is really exciting and challenging at the same time. The latest big news regarding the battle royale game is that the recent PUBG Mobile ban in India. The ban happens as a domino effect due to the bilateral conflict between India and China. However, after the ban, it seems that Free Fire and COD Mobile are taking over PUBG’s place in India.
PUBG Mobile is a battle royale game released by Tencent Games which comes from China. India is well known as one of the country that has the most amount of active PUBG players in the world. Unfortunately, the relation between China and India is not going well lately. As a result, Indian government decides to ban hundreds of Chinese apps in the country.
Free Fire (FF) and COD Mobile is Becoming the New Favorite Game in India After the PUBG Ban![]()
The effect of the ban makes PUBG players seek for alternative battle royale games to play. One of the solution is to download the Korean version of PUBG Mobile. But there are more players that choose other games than PUBG Mobile. And there are two options for Indian battle royale mobile gamers now, which is Free Fire and COD Mobile.
Free Fire![]()
This battle royale game is one of the most popular battle royale game. This game is popular due to it’s inclusiveness. Meaning that this game only requires a low spec device in order to be able to play the game. Which is why the game is not as complex as PUBG Mobile, and everyone with almost any android device is able to play this game. Since the recent PUBG ban, there are more than 2.1 million Free Fire downloads after the ban in late September 2nd.
COD Mobile![]()
The second most favorite battle royale game that Indian players play as an alternative is COD Mobile. Unlike Free Fire, COD Mobile has a graphics and quality that is nearly equal to PUBG Mobile. Some even consider this game to have better graphics than PUBG, due to the bugs that sometimes still occur in it. The file size of COD Mobile is also nearly as huge as PUBG in comparison. Since the recent ban, there are more than 1.15 millions of downloads of this game after the ban on September 2nd.
Even though Free Fire and COD Mobile is taking over PUBG’s market in India, there is still a chance that PUBG will come back soon. We’ll see about that. Make sure to follow esportsku on instagram for more tips to come!