Business: India Bans Most Popular Game Over Fear of Creating `Psychopaths’

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Business: India Bans Most Popular Game Over Fear of Creating `Psychopaths' By Bloomberg

After China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd. introduced a mobile version of Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds that’s free to play, it has become the most popular smartphone game in the world, with enthusiasts from the U.S. to Russia to Malaysia.

Computer games have outraged parents and politicians for at least 20 years, since Grand Theft Auto first let players deal drugs, pimp out prostitutes and kill off strangers to steal their cars. Just last year, China went through its most serious crackdown on games, freezing approval of new titles and stepping up scrutiny of addiction and adverse health affects.What’s different about India is the speed with which the country has landed in the strange digital world of no laws or morals.

“PUBG has made the online gaming market soar and demonstrated that India is a very attractive market,” said Lokesh Suji, the Gurgaon-based head of the Esports Federation of India.

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