Despite Government Ban, These Kids Won Rs 30 Lakh At India's PUBG Mobile Tournament

PUBG has gained great popularity among young people in India, the youth is playing this battle royale game everywhere. The interest in the game has grown into obsessions, so great that the government finally decided to ban the game in a number of states across the country.

It’s serious and at least 10 people were arrested for playing PUBG, but that doesn’t change the temptation that being a pro at this game can help make good money.

Last week, gamers witnessed the final leg of India’s largest PUBG Mobile tournament, the event was held in Hyderabad, with the performances from some of the best mobile gamers battling for the trophy.

The tournament received 570,000 online registrations from everywhere around the country, the organizational board had to launch as many as 40,000 games across. The finale ended with the victory coming to SOUL, a team led by Naman “MortaL” Mathur. By beating out 20 of the best teams, they took home the grand prize which is worth Rs 30,000.

Notably, the tournament was not an online event only, fans actually came to the venue to watch the battles. The livestream of the tournament also got 35 million views from YouTube watchers, with the highest number of concurrent of viewers at 2,60,000.

This particular event was possible due to the success of last year PUBG MOBILE Campus Championship. This illustrates the rapid growth of the esports industry in the country, especially thanks to more budget avenues of gaming brought about by smartphones. There are even some top-tire game casting, including those using English like Asurai, Ilustrado, and Humanist, as well as those using Hindi like K18 Gaming, Paritosh Plays, and TheRawknee. And we can’t forget to mention Abish Matthew.

Of course, the key to the success here is that PUBG and the mobile game industry are still favored. But how long will this go on?