PUBG Mobile reports 1 billion accumulated downloads since 2018 launch


By Pei Li
FILE PHOTO A boy plays Tencent Holdings PUBG videogame on his mobile phone at a cafe in New Delhi India September 3 2020. REUTERSAdnan Abidi

FILE PHOTO: A boy plays Tencent Holdings' PUBG videogame on his mobile phone at a cafe in New Delhi, India, September 3, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

(Reuters) - Chinese tech giant Tencent said on Thursday its cellphone action game PUBG Mobile has surpassed 1 billion accumulated downloads outside China, making it one of the most successful games worldwide.

PUBG Mobile, the mobile version of Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, in which a group of players fight one another until only a single combatant is left alive, has been hugely popular since the so-called battle royale style game was launched three years ago.

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