PUBG has turn out to be one of the most popular games all over the world and maybe that’s the reason why it is giving restless nights to parents, schools, universities, as well as the young gamers who are habituated to the game. On the other hand, the popular battle royale game was hit with a ban in a number of countries.
PUBG Mobile ban tracker: Banned in four countries so far
Several cities in India had previously banned PUBG and various cases of police arresting as many as 20 people for playing the game in spite of the ban has also been held in some cities. Also, the National Child Rights Commission had suggested excluding the game because of its fierce nature. Here is the list of four countries that banned the PUBG Mobile.
India:
Back in the month of December, previous year, the Chief Warden of Men’s Hostel of Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, had sent out a circular warning the students in contradiction of playing online games late at night, with specially referring to PUBG. The circular by the university specified that the game distracts fellow roommates and it is “spoiling the entire atmosphere of the hostel”. It even recommended that students must not focus on these online games instead of that students must focus on physical games such as sports and “give more importance to their career growth”.
Soon after that, PUBG Mobile was banned in a number of cities in India. Surat, Rajkot, and Vadodara placed a prohibition on the extremely popular as well as addictive game. These were followed by the districts of Bhavnagar as well as Gir Somnath. The Aravalli district management had also placed a prohibition on the game for around a month.
China:
There are some recent news circulating the internet and if it is to be believed, 20 games have been evaluated by China’s Online Gaming Ethics Review Committee. Out of which nine have been barred comprising the most popular battle royale games such as Fortnite and PUBG. The reason given for prohibition PUBG is “blood and gore” however for Fortnite, the reason given is “Blood and gore, vulgar content”.
There is an addition of 11 games on the list requisite a number of corrective actions. For example, Blizzards Overwatch needs a corrective action and the reason given is that the game graphics stimulate “incorrect values and inharmonious chatroom”.
Iraq:
Iraq parliament has recently barred a number of popular online games, as well as Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). The government declares these games are unsafe to the society as well as a possible national security threat.
Nepal:
The Nepal government had lately forced a countrywide prohibition on PUBG Mobile in the month of April. The Supreme Court of Nepal had issued a provisional order to the government in order to not ban the popular online game.
On April 11, Nepal Telecommunications Authority had heading for all internet service sources of the nation to block internet traffic initiating from PUBG servers. Also, the apex court issued a show cause notice to the government. The court detected that PUBG was mainly a game used by the general public for the entertainment purpose. In the meantime, the press freedom and freedom of expression are assured by the constitution, it is essential to prove that such prohibitions are just, unbiased and reasonable, and the activities of the authorities concerned are sensible and logical, the bench specified in its order. The SC perceived that the prohibition forced by Kathmandu District Court on April 10 was not sensible.
