Recently, a public interest litigation was filed in Telangana High Court in February seeking the ban of mobile gaming app Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI).

The PIL which was filed by Advocate Anil Stevenson Jangam, called for the ban of the extremely popular battle royale title, claiming that the game was essentially just PUBG Mobile under a different name, ‘BGMI’.

The PIL claimed that the earlier banned ‘PUBG Mobile’ and ‘BGMI’ are essentially the same applications and it also stated that Tencent and publisher Krafton had employed the process of front companies to hide the app’s Chinese ties and hoodwink Indian Authorities.

For those unaware, the game PUBG was banned in India citing Chinese ties specifically its publisher Tencent which is one of the biggest game companies in the world, based in China.

The game was re-launched under the name, Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) after the ban with a few changes by the South Korean publisher Krafton in India.

In response to the PIL, the representative of (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) MeitY N. Samaya Balan responded to Telangana High court and assured the public that the two apps ‘PUBG Mobile’ and ‘BGMI’ are different. The affidavit filed by Balan confirmed that the two applications – ‘PUBG Mobile’ and ‘BGMI’ are not, in fact, the same app. The affidavit later also explained that only the government has the ability and power to restrict computer access.

The response by Meity towards the PIL on BGMI suggests that the game will not be banned any time in the future.

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Krafton recently confirmed via social media that Battlegrounds Mobile India a.k.a BGMI will be launching soon for iOS devices. Even though the arrival is confirmed, the company didn’t reveal any exact timeslot of its availability. Now, according to a report, the battle royale game will debut in the mid of August this year.

As per a report from InsideSport, Krafton will be hosting a streamer battle soon for iOS devices. The battle will bring some rewards for the gamers and it will be exclusive to Apple iPhones. It is tipped that the streamer’s battle will occur after the game is launched. The publication allegedly hints at an August 20 launch on the Apple App Store.

Once the game reaches the iOS userbase, it is expected to grow its market yet again in India. As of now, the game has received over 48 million downloads on Playstore. We expect similar download figures for the App store after it’s officially available on iOS.

In related news, an Indian Judge named Naresh Kumar Laka took it to Prime Minister Narendra Modi while urging him to ban BGMI and Free Fire in India. According to him, these games are having a negative impact on children and need to get banned as soon as possible.

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