'CoD: Mobile', 'Garena Free Fire' Downloads Spike in India Following PUBG Ban

Post-obit the recent ban on PUBG Mobile in Bharat, the popularity of a number of similar games accept spiked exponentially. According to data from Sensor Tower, titles like 'Call of Duty: Mobile' and 'Garena Free Fire' are amidst the leading beneficiaries, with both experiencing a massive uptick in downloads since the ban went into consequence last calendar week.

As per the report, 'Garena Free Burn down', 'Ludo King' and 'Call of Duty' were the height 3 most-installed mobile games beyond Android and iOS in the four days following the ban (September ii-v). While Complimentary Burn down recorded two.ane 1000000 downloads during that flow, Phone call of Duty: Mobile notched upward 1.5 million downloads in that fourth dimension. With 'Ludo Globe' also MIA considering of the ban, homegrown 'Ludo Male monarch' registered 1.52 one thousand thousand downloads over the same four days.

The rise of apps and games from non-Chinese companies comes in the midst of deteriorating relations between the New Delhi and Beijing over disputed territory in Ladakh. Following a deadly skirmish in the Galwan Valley earlier this year, the Indian government banned PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Low-cal forth with 116 other games as function of its standing crackdown on Chinese apps and services.

Within days of the ban, Bangalore-based nCORE Games appear an indigenous PUBG alternative chosen FAU-K, which will plainly include a mission based on the aforementioned Galwan Valley clashes. The game, however, has faced several controversies since the announcement, including allegations of plagiarism and IP theft. On its function, nCore has denied all allegations, terming them "fake and baseless".