Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) developer Krafton on Thursday mentioned it’s intently cooperating with the Indian authorities after the ban on its hottest Battle Royale recreation with over 100 million customers within the nation.

Kraft CFO Bae Dong-geun, through the firm’s quarterly earnings name, mentioned that the corporate respects and understands the Indian authorities’s concern.

“We have been immediately operating the service based mostly on stringent knowledge safety requirements and monitoring. We will intently cooperate with the authorities to search out methods for the customers in India to maintain having fun with BGMI,” Dong-geun mentioned.

After the federal government ordered Google and Apple to ban BGMI, some gaming corporations wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting for a ‘honest remedy’ to assist foster the gaming ecosystem within the nation.

“In the second quarter, we broadened the person base by personal and offline collaborations within the native market, and expanded monetized content material choices, offering a battle royale expertise distinctive to BGMI,” Dong-geun additional mentioned.

In the primary six month of the yr, Krafton noticed its revenues develop to $727.7 million and internet earnings grew by $337.6 million.

Late final month, the federal government ordered Google and Apple to dam the BGMI gaming app from their respective on-line shops underneath Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

The ban on BGMI, which is the Indian model of PUBG, resulted in a high e-sports occasion being postponed amid stories claiming a “China connection” behind the ban.

Esports Premier League (ESPL) Season 2 was postponed owing to the ban final week.

(Except for the headline, the remainder of this IANS article is un-edited)

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