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In a twist of fate for Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), the popular mobile gaming app faces an uncertain future in India amid renewed concerns about potential data…

A former Krafton employee has sued the PUBG Battlegrounds publisher for wrongful termination, after the employee suffered a sexual assault, allegedly committed by former Krafton head of strategy and business Kevin Kimball.According to a report from Polygon, the lawsuit was filed in December 2023 with the Los Angeles Superior Court. During an alcohol-fueled party for Krafton subsidiary Striking Distance, Kimball allegedly subjected the plaintiff, a 31-year-old woman, to sexual abuse, harassment, and…

Palworld, an open-world action-adventure title where players can combat and capture Pokemon-like creatures, has become a phenomenon, rising to the top of Steam charts days within launch. The game, which also incorporates elements of the survival genre, now has the fifth-highest peak concurrent players in the history of the Valve storefront, going past heavyweight titles like Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring and Hogwarts Legacy. Palword developers Pocketpair also confirmed Monday that the game has sold over five million copies…

Krafton, publisher of one of India’s most popular esports titles, Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), made a number of pledges to the government to get the ban on it lifted.This has emerged from ET’s conversations with senior government officials and Indian gaming industry executives.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Digital TransformationVisitIIM KozhikodeIIMK Advanced Data Science For ManagersVisitMITMIT Technology Leadership and…

Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds will be receiving a new spin-off in 2024, described as an “extraction shooter”. While we already knew that PUBG Studios was working on a game that was similar to Escape From Tarkov, tentatively given the codename “Project Black Budget”, we didn’t have a release window until now. As announced by publisher Krafton in their latest financial report, the game is targeting a launch window of the second half of 2024. The game is described as a “extraction shooter”, and will be available on PC…

PUBG Mobile has partnered Dragon Ball Super to bring its characters to the game along with other features, including super speed and flying vehicles. Dragon Ball Super is one of the most renowned Japanese Anime franchises of all time. The widely popular battle royal game company announced the partnership via a Twitter post. As of now, four characters, Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo and Frieza are officially confirmed to come to the game. The collaboration is set to hit Tencent Games' in July 2023 carrying the version 2.7 update.…

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Popular culture’s “soft power" has been evident ever since Hollywood began. In 1950 Walter Wanger, an American producer, said film exports were more important “than the H bomb". Every movie reel exported was an American ambassador, he said, dubbing this “Donald Duck diplomacy". A new soft power is now on the rise: Super Mario diplomacy. As games take up a bigger share of people’s time, they become a weapon in the battle of ideas. And unlike movies, in which America remains the world’s only superpower, the…

Smartphone sales in rural areas have stagnated since mid-2021 due to affordability issues and consumers' affinity to feature phones, in sharp contrast to market trend in urban areas. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.Also in this letter: ■ BGMI relaunched in India after a year■ Infographic Insight: Gamers and their devices ■ A softer Q1 awaits the Indian IT services sectorRural users hang up on smartphone-buying plans Independent research has shown that spending weakness has resulted in a slowdown in smartphone…

BGMI is now available to play for Indian gamers after a long wait. It's been weeks since BGMI unban was confirmed by Krafton and the Indian government but the gamer servers are not live till now. This means that Android users who were able to install the game on their smartphones were still not able to play the PUBG’s Indian version, however the problem has been resolved with a simple trick. As per Krafton, the BGMI servers are scheduled to go live today (May 29) and after that gamers will be able to enjoy the game after…