Indian firm, Bollywood’s Akshay Kumar to launch tactical mobile game after PUBG ban

Kumar (pic), the son of an army officer who is known to support the cause of Indian soldiers and was key in setting up the trust, helped with the concept of the game, according to Gondal. — Reuters

NEW DELHI: An Indian firm is set to launch a battle royale mobile videogame in partnership with Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, capitalising on the void left by a ban on Chinese tech firm Tencent’s popular PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG).

nCore Games, based in the southern Indian tech hub of Bengaluru, will launch its Fearless And United: Guards (FAU:G) game by the end of October, the company’s co-founder Vishal Gondal told Reuters on Sept 4.