PUBG frags Tencent adopts Azure and makes digital clothes the default in bid to get back into India
Wipes away gore, dials up data protection and finds $100m to boost local gaming industry Super-popular shooting game PUBG has plotted a route around India’s ban on Chinese apps by announcing a version of the game tailored to the local market’s moral and legal sensibilities.…
Date: 2020-11-13
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