News & Reviews:   PUBG

Given the way the Chinese government has been cracking down on games lately, it is unsurprising that Tencent finally gave up trying to get PUBG Mobile licenced in China. Instead, the publisher simply replaced the game with another in-house developed version of the battle royale called Game for Peace where PUBG Mobile players data will get transferred to automatically.

Guess our wishes are coming true, Respawn Entertainment’s popular battle royale, Apex Legends will be coming to mobile phones soon. EA Games revealed their plans as part of a conference call which happened on the 7th of May.

It's barely been a month since PUBG was banned in Nepal and now the country has decided to reverse the ban due to concerns over freedom of expression. The judge has mentioned that evidence is needed to prove that the ban was reasonable.

In attempts to ensure that students excel in their studies and careers, Nepal has now followed in India’s footsteps in banning popular battle royale game, PUBG. Since coming into effect yesterday, all ISPs, mobile network operators and network service providers to block the game.

Counter-Terrorism Division principal assistant director, Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay recently commented that while the police can take stern action, MCMC must take action first, indicating that MCMC may be asked to control war-based games here in Malaysia. Seemingly related to the recent Christchurch Mosque Massacre, there have until now been no New Zealand statements officially making a link between gaming and the terrorists who gunned down 49 praying people last Friday. 

The free-to-play Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds Lite beta will be available in more countries other than Thailand such as Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines starting from 14 February 2019. Those who are interested in taking part, the registration for the beta will open on the 13 February.

Apex Legends, the latest battle royale game by Respawn Entertainment which is set in the same universe as Titanfall, is in the talks on developing an iOS and Android version of the game. While it may not happen so soon, they planned to include cross-play while enables the mobile players to go against players from other platforms such as PC or even consoles if they desire to.

A boy ended his life in his own home in India when his parents did not get him the smartphone he wanted for playing PUBG. The ordeal is tragic and should be an eye opener for us all to be more wary to those who are in need of help in terms of mental health.

Hey TechNave gamers! It’s been a suuuupperrrr quiet week in the gaming world. However, a few interesting bits of news did pop up! Also, to end the year 2018, it seems appropriate if we did our own top 5 games of 2018! So let’s begin!

Hey TechNave gamers! Christmas is literally around the corner and I’m sure you guys are excited to open up your gifts. Maybe some of us will be lucky and get ourselves a brand new Nintendo Switch or even a Playstation 4 Pro. Personally, I’m just hoping to get a Playstation Store gift card so I can grab myself Kingdom Hearts 3 on release next month.