PUBG (PlayerUnknown¡¯s Battlegrounds) has become one of the most popular games among all age groups in India since its release in March 2018. In fact, it has become an obsession.
There is a PUBG-themed cafe around it in Jaipur, people are getting married in PUBG style and even the members of the Indian Cricket Team are hooked to the game.
On Tuesday, Google released its annual list of Android¡¯s best applications and games of 2018 and obviously PUBG Mobile took home the award in the ¡®Best Game¡¯, ¡®Most Competitive Title' and 'Fan Favorite' categories.
The craze has reached South India too and some schools in Bengaluru have begun to warn parents about the ill-effects of playing the game for hours after cases of addiction were reported to the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, reported Deccan Herald.
According to reports, the Associated Managements of Primary and Secondary Private schools Karnataka will also issue an advisory to parents that they should keep a tab on the hours spent by their kids on the game.
¡°We will ask our member schools to write to parents about this. We have, in the past, had discussions with the education department on imposing restricts on the number of hours a child spends playing such games," KAMS was quoted by Deccan Herald.