Battlegrounds Mobile India

The first is Battlegrounds Mobile India Series (BGIS) and the later one is BGMI Pro Series (BMPS). The game was banned in India on 28 July 2022, by the Indian government. According to a statement from Krafton, the ban was removed on 26 May 2023.

• Title — Battlegrounds Mobile India • Developer — Krafton • Publisher — Krafton • Director — Sean Hyunil Sohn • Engine — Unreal Engine 4 • Platform — * Android • iOS • iPadOS • Composer — Tom Salta Hemanth Jois • Release — Android 2 July 2021 iOS/iPadOS18 August 2021 • Genre — Battle royale • Modes — Multiplayer • Series — PUBG Universe

Battlegrounds Mobile India is a battle royale game, in which up to 100 players compete in a large-scale last man standing deathmatch. Players can enter the match as individuals or as small group of friends up to four. Each match starts with players parachuting from a plane onto one of the several maps. Each round, the plane's flight path across the map changes, requiring players to quickly determine the best time to eject and parachute to the ground. Players begin with no equipment other than customised clothing options that have no effect on gameplay. Once on the ground, players can search buildings, ghost towns, and other locations for weapons, vehicles, armour, and other items. At the start of a match, these items are procedurally distributed throughout the map, with higher-risk zones typically having better equipment. Finished players can also be looted for their gear. Players can choose to play in first-person or third-person, with each having advantages and disadvantages in combat and situational awareness. • Illustration — BGMI Bhojpuri voice pack Every few minutes, the map's playable area shrinks towards a random location, with any player caught outside the safe zone taking incremental damage and eventually being eliminated if the safe zone is not entered in time; in game, the boundary appears as a shimmering blue wall that contracts over time. This results in a more constrained map, which increases the likelihood of encounters. Random regions of the map are highlighted in red and bombed during the match, posing a threat to players who remain in that area. Players are warned a few minutes before these events in both cases, giving them time to relocate to safety. A plane will occasionally fly over different parts of the playable map at random, or wherever a player uses a flare gun, and drop a loot package containing items that are normally unobtainable during normal gameplay. These packages emit highly visible red or yellow smoke, attracting interested players and resulting in additional confrontations. A full round takes about 30 minutes.

On 2 September 2020, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of the Government of India banned PUBG Mobile, along with 117 Chinese applications, citing activities that were prejudicial and a threat to India's sovereignty, integrity, defence, state security, and public order under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000. It was reported in November 2020 that PUBG Mobile would be relaunched in India under the name PUBG Mobile India. On 24 November 2020, The Times of India reported that PUBG Studios and South Korea's video game company Krafton had registered PUBG India Private Limited under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India in order to relaunch PUBG Mobile in India. It was reported in May 2021 that PUBG Mobile would be rebranded as Battlegrounds Mobile India in order to enter the Indian gaming market. Following that, The Indian Express reported on 7 May 2021 that Krafton confirmed in a press statement that they were going to launch Battlegrounds Mobile India, a game similar to PUBG Mobile.

• Illustration — Logo The game was announced on 6 May 2021. The pre-registrations of the game started for Android users on 18 May 2021 and early access beta version of the game was released on 17 June 2021 only for Android users. The game released on 2 July 2021 for Android devices, and on 18 August 2021 for IOS devices. Battlegrounds Mobile India has announced a new A4 Royale Pass with exclusive rewards, available until 4 March 2024. This pass offers two options – Standard Royale Pass and Exclusive Elite Royale Pass, providing players with numerous awards and benefits. This Royale Pass will be live from 15 January 2024 to 4 March 2024. On 21 November 2024 update 3.5 introduced much awaited features in the game like 120 fps for both Android and iOS users.

After Krafton launched BGMI in India, they hosted BGMI Launch Party, the first BGMI esports tournament to celebrate the game's official release. The tournament took place from 8 July 2021, to 9 July 2021. It was exclusive to the most popular Indian gamers, such as Adii "Dynamo" Sawant and Chetan "Kronten" Chandgude, split into 18 teams of 4. The event was live-streamed on the official BGMI Facebook and YouTube pages and reached a peak of 547,888 viewers at a time, deeming it a success. On both days, teams played three matches on the game maps Erangel, Miramar, and Vikendi in that order. On the first day, Team Snax won all three matches, taking the lead with 76 points. On the second day, Team Snax won the first match, but Team Jonathan and Team Maxtern won the second and third matches respectively. Team Snax, made up of players Raj "Snax" Varma, Samir "Kratos" Choubey, Randeep "Attanki" Bhallar, and Daljit "Daljit SK" Singh, emerged in first place with a total of 127 points and received of the prize pool. Team Kronten was the runner-up with a total of 63 points.

Following the success of the Launch Party, Krafton will be hosting its first Battlegrounds Mobile India Series (BGIS) esports tournament. The tournament was supposed to start in July 2021, but it was delayed due to increasing hackers. The India Series is open to all Indian residents who are at least 16 years old and platinum-ranked or higher. BGMI is currently only available on Android devices. A total of makes up the prize pool. The prize money will be distributed to the top 16 teams with the first place team earning. There will also be an additional award for the team with the most kills and four individual awards to recognize outstanding players: MVP, The Lone Ranger (longest survival time), The Rampage Freak (most kills), and The Redeemer (most revivals). It involves strategic tactical play, reflecting how players understand the mechanics of the game. These players on the list of best BGMI players in India did not make the cut because of their subscriber count but for real achievements like delivering in clutch moments and becoming tournament MVPs. The series will have five stages: In-Game Qualifiers, Online Qualifiers (consisting of three rounds), Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, and Grand Finale. There will also be a Loser Bracket for teams that did not advance after the Quarter-Finals for another chance to qualify for the Semi-Finals. In each stage except the In-Game Qualifiers, the remaining teams will be split into groups, and the best number of teams in each group will qualify for the next round. The tournament will span over three months beginning with the qualifying events. BGIS 2026 is Krafton’s flagship Battlegrounds Mobile India esports tournament for the 2026 season, featuring a total prize pool of ₹2 crore (approximately US$230,000). The tournament follows a multi-stage format consisting of In-Game Qualifiers, The Grind (invited teams), multiple online elimination rounds, a Wildcard Stage, a Survival Stage, and a LAN Grand Finale held in Chennai from March 27–29, 2026. The prize pool is distributed among the top 16 teams, with the winning team receiving ₹60 lakh (approximately US$69,000), along with additional individual awards such as tournament MVP, Grand Finals MVP, Best IGL, and Emerging Star. The competition runs from January to March 2026 and serves as a primary qualification pathway to Tier-1 BGMI tournaments such as BMPS, BMSD, and others.

Krafton India announced Battlegrounds Mobile India Pro Series 2022 - Season 1, with a prize pool of ₹2 Crore($256,000) and a total of 24 teams fighting to take a share from it. This was the first ever Pro Series for India in BGMI. Pro series is an invite-only tournament and Krafton India holds the sole rights to invitations. The pro teams across the Indian region who had shown potential, dominance, consistency, and outstanding performance gets the chance to be at the Pro Series. BGMI Pro Series has completed four seasons, with a different team winning each championship. The tournament features multi-crore prize pools and is a major event in the Indian BGMI calendar. In the 2026 Season, the tournament champion will automatically qualify for the PUBG Mobile Esports World Cup to compete internationally.

Krafton India announced Battlegrounds Mobile India Showdown 2022 (BMSD 2022) after Successfully concluding BMPS 2022.The Evenet is known for first ever LAN event of Offline tournament to be hosted for Popular battle royale game. BMSD is also an Invitational only event, Where top teams across India comes under a single roof to compete and be the Best in India. After 2022, BMSD returned in 2025, Krafton India announced Battlegrounds Mobile India Showdown (BMSD) 2025, which will take place in Hyderabad, As a Complete LAN Event with a prize pool of ₹1 crore. The top eight finishers in BMSD qualified for the BGMI International Cup. The winning team orangutan secured ₹30 lakh and a direct spot in the Global Championships. At the finale of the BGMI International Cup 2025 (BMIC) in New Delhi, Krafton CEO announced KRAFTON India Esports Roadmap consisting of bigger, expanded editions of Krafton's flagship esports IPs, With that BGMI Showdown is also set to take place in year 2026 in the month of September.

In 2023. Krafton India Announced the a BGMI India-Korea Invitational friendly match in the late 2023.This unique face-off between the best teams of two gaming powerhouses featured eight of Korea's Battlegrounds esports teams against the top eight Indian teams from the BGIS 2023 Grand Finals.IN-KR Invitational was a LAN Event hosted in Pragati Maidan, Delhi. The Tournament concluded with Team Dplus KIA winning the championship after showing a dominance on display, While Indian Team Gods Reign finished on 2nd position. The Event returned in 2025, by the name of Battlegrounds Mobile India International Cup (BMIC) 2025.The BGMI International Cup was announced with a whooping prize pool of ₹1 Crore. The Event featured 8 Indian team, 4 Korean Teams & 4 Japanese Teams. The three-day intense esports tournament, Battlegrounds Mobile International Cup (BMIC) 2025, has come to an end with Korean team DRX winning the tournament, followed by Indian team True Rippers as the runners-up. Besides the prizemoney, Both the teams Secured their slot to PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) 2025

On 21 June 2021, following the early beta release for Android users, IGN India first reported that data from users' Android devices was being sent to Tencent-owned servers in China. "One reason for this could be because Krafton is allowing BGMI players to transfer their account and game data from PUBG Mobile to BGMI until December 2021," according to The Times of India. Following this data sharing violation, Krafton, the developer of BGMI, issued a brief in-game update on 22 June 2021 to resolve the data sharing issue with China-based servers. However, it has been reported that if a user deletes the application data, the game may ping Chinese servers.

On 28 July 2022, the game was removed for data privacy reasons from Google Play and App Store following a government order, but the game was working without any VPN. On 19 May 2023, Krafton released a notice saying that BGMI is getting relaunched for a trial period after a 10-month long dispute. The game was made available to download on 27 May for Android users and 29 May for iOS users. However, on both the platforms, it was playable only after 29 May.