Mobile

PUBG Mobile’s new subscriptions give you goodies every day

Even though yesterday was April Fools’ Day, Tencent Games wasn’t joking when it announced two new in-game subscription models on Twitter for PUBG Mobile. Called Prime and Prime Plus, each tier gives players an assortment of goodies each month. With Prime, players can buy items with Battle Points and get five Unknown Coins each day. That means players will get a total of ... Read More »

Mobile phone explodes in Hyd man’s pocket, injuries sustained after falling off bike

A brand new mobile phone exploded in the pocket of a 28-year-old man in Hyderabad as he was riding his two-wheeler on Tuesday, leaving him injured. The incident took place in the city’s Alwal area and the man was identified as Md Imran, an electrician, who was travelling from Lothkunta to Bolarum. The police said that Imran had recently purchased ... Read More »

Stalker alert: 1 in 3 women who use mobiles in India face harassment, receive inappropriate calls

The survey paints a grim picture of the extent of harassment women face via their phones. It has also compiled women’s responses on what effect such calls had on them and what steps, if any, did they take to prevent such calls. Apart from calls with intentions of malicious harassment, the women also received unsolicited calls — that aren’t classified as harassment ... Read More »

PUBG Mobile Ban: ‘Health Reminder’ Spotted In-Game, Limits Play Time of Indian Users

Gujarat government issued a directive in January to ban PlayerUnknown’s Battleground mobile game in several districts, citing an addiction amongst players. The PUBG ban later resulted in the arrest of 10 people in Rajkot for playing the game. The game makers have been looking at ways to avoid the ban and the arrests, and its first attempt is by sending ... Read More »

Razer partners w/ PUBG Mobile developer Tencent, Razer Phone 3 might not be dead

Razer is a huge name in gaming, and today the company is taking a step to cement its place in mobile gaming. The company announced today that it would be partnering with Tencent for assorted mobile gaming projects. As TechCrunch reports this morning, the partnership between Razer and Tencent will cover everything from hardware to software and services. Apparently, this includes optimizing ... Read More »

Realme 3 creates longest mobile sentence, earns Guinness World Record title

The new record holding brand- Realme was declared officially amazing in front of 500 Realme fans. Realme, the No. 1 emerging smartphone brand in India has achieved another milestone by creating the longest ever phone sentence at New Delhi on 16th March 2019. In a day-long celebratory event and the first ever Holi bash organized by Realme, the young brand ... Read More »

PUBG Mobile Arrests: Tencent India Attempting to Find a ‘Reasonable Solution’

Days after the Rajkot police had arrested 10 people for playing PUBG Mobile, Tencent India has finally commented with its plans to engage with the authorities to lift the PUBG ban in states like Gujarat. The company claims its on the side of its burgeoning player base. Odd when you consider its silence regarding events leading up the arrests which ... Read More »

PUBG Mobile Update 0.11.1 to Add Bonus Challenge to Convert BC to UC: Report

An upcoming PUBG Mobile update would add what’s known as a Bonus Challenge. According to a recent report, PUBG Mobile update 0.11.1 brings this feature which allows players to convert Battle Coins (BC) to Unknown Cash (UC). This would grant access to rare weapon skins and outfits. Unlike the previous PUBG Mobile Crew Challenge, Bonus Challenge is for solo players rather ... Read More »

Arun Mehta assumes office as principal secy finance

Arun Kumar Mehta Friday assumed office as principal secretary finance as he formally took over the charge from outgoing Navin K Choudhary, now principal secretary industries and commerce. According to an official spokesperson, senior functionaries of finance and allied departments were present on the occasion which was followed by an introductory cum review meeting. Navin Choudhary gave the new principal ... Read More »

PUBG Mobile’s new update to be released soon; all you need to know

Tencent Games has uploaded a new update of PUBG Mobile on the servers and the update will start rolling out from today, i.e. 19 February. The update 0.11.0 has brought the zombie survival mode where the gamers will fight off groups of zombies and monsters. Earlier, PUBG Mobile servers were taken down by Tencent for maintenance and also to upload ... Read More »