Indian minister criticizes PUBG Mobile and says country should create its own games

In recent months, India has been making headlines in the news with its restrictions on social networks e blockades on Chinese companies. Now, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar has come out heavily critical of the PUBG Mobile, stating that the game published by Tencent is “explicit, violent and addictive”.

The statement was made while unveiling a government plan to set up a centre of excellence in gaming and other related areas. The politician also said that India should develop its own games. “I am happy to announce that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, in collaboration with IIT Bombay, has decided to set up a Centre of Excellence in gaming. We are in an advanced stage of preparation and this will come into effect when the new session begins in 2021,” Javadekar explained.

The minister stressed that the center should focus on games that convey Indian values ​​and culture to children and that games with violent aspects should not be part of the division. Apart from this, no other information about these new games was given.

It is worth remembering that, at the end of last year, PUBG Mobile returned to the Indian market with a million-dollar investment.

Position of the Indian government

The minister's choice to use the PUBG Mobile to exemplify a violent game goes against another recent movement of Indian government which banned about 200 Chinese apps, including Tencent Games. The company is accused of passing on information from users of its apps to the Chinese government.

Following the ban, PUBG Corporation, which runs the game franchise, said it would take away Tencent's license to distribute the game in India and make a completely new version of the game for the country. However, government officials have not yet guaranteed that a new app in the same format would be released in the country.

Criticism of PUBG Mobile being violent comes at a time when authoritarianism is on the rise in the country. Following demonstrations by small farmers demanding the repeal of new agrarian laws that affect their livelihoods, the government is closing in on against figures who use the internet to spread ideas contrary to their orders. A package of rules to regulate social media was recently approved.

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