PUBG Corporation’s parent company Krafton has confirmed its global partnership with Microsoft in a bid to ensure the safety and security of its users' data. The South Korean company Krafton, will be working with Azure, cloud computing Service Company to host its portfolio of multi-platform products, according to the reports.
PUBG Corporation was on talking terms with a number of Indian companies for publishing rights, including Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio, who could take over the operations of PUBG Mobile title in India. PUBG Corporation had also approached Alibaba-funded Paytm for publishing rights, according to media reports.
Though as of now, it is not clear who gives green signal, but looking at the previous popularity and profit had, the search for the publisher might end well.
PUBG Mobile is likely to be relaunched in India by the end of this year, the first announcement of which was supposed to come in anytime last week.
Microsoft Azure deal can be treated as the first announcement towards the rejuvenation of PUBG Mobile in India. A Diwali campaign for PUBG Mobile might follow this announcement.
The list of products that will be available on Azure includes PUBG for PC and consoles as well as PUBG Mobile app that was banned in India in September over security concerns. However, the press note does not detail anything over PUBG Mobile's possible return to India that had over 50 million monthly active users in the country prior to the ban.
Krafton further states that collaboration with Microsoft will ensure that privacy rights are "respected in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations."
Last month, Tencent Cloud that published PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite apps in India had stated that the company is terminating access for users in the country in compliance with the order from the Indian government.
Tencent in a post on Facebook had further claimed that the rights to publish PUBG Mobile in India would be returned to the owner of the "PUBG intellectual property," that is, PUBG Corporation - a subsidiary of Krafton. The Facebook post added that protecting user data has always been its "top priority."
