Tencent-backed tech giant’s hit game ‘banned in India’

Free Fire is an action adventure game that sees players parachute onto an island, and then search for weapons and equipment to kill other participants. — Garena

SINGAPORE: Tech giant Sea, which is backed by China’s Tencent, has apologised to users in India after its popular Free Fire game was reportedly among dozens of apps hit with a ban on national security concerns.

It was the latest volley between New Delhi and Beijing, with tensions between the two running high after a deadly 2020 clash in a disputed Himalayan border area.