HIGHLIGHTS
- PUBG Corporation has posted a job opening on LinkedIn
- The hiring is for an associate-level manager in India.
- PUBG Corporation took over the PUBG Mobile franchise in India last month.
PUBG Corporation, the developer and publisher of popular battle royale game PUBG, has listed a job posting on LinkedIn to hire an associate-level manager in India. The company's new hiring has excited people as many might have considered that it would result in the comeback of PUBG Mobile, which was banned by the government early last month. However, the job posting doesn't necessarily mean that PUBG Mobile is coming back anytime soon.
As per the job posting, which is titled “Corporate Development Division Manager” on LinkedIn, PUBG Corporation is looking for a person to develop an overall strategy for mergers and acquisitions and investments with a focus on the Indian market. The role also requires the candidate to support the setup process for PUBG India with guidance from Krafton's headquarters in South Korea.
It is important to note that while the government banned PUBG Mobile in the country last month, PUBG, which is available on PC and game consoles, is still accessible for download and play across all compatible platforms. Thus, by hiring a new manager, PUBG Corporation may want to bolster the presence of its original game and not its mobile version.
The new talent may also be leveraged by the game maker to invest in the country's growing e-sports space — but again, not necessarily on the mobile side. Gadgets 360 has sent an email to the company to learn more about what this new hire will be working on, and we will update the article on hearing back.
PUBG Ban in India: Young Indians’ Aspirations Hit the Pause Button
PUBG Mobile is credited as one of the key sources to bring esports and gaming to the mainstream in India
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Yogesh Yadav, a young man from Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, is known in the Indian gaming world as “GXR Celtz Roxx.” He started his journey with PUBG Mobile for fun. But when he left his hometown for higher studies, he instead found a bright career in the field of esports. The 19-year-old entered the competitive market of gamers and streamers in January this year by participating in the semi-annual regional esports tournament PUBG Mobile Club Open — Spring Split 2020 and getting a monthly salary that was many times higher than most young professionals earn from UAE-based esports organization Galaxy Racer eSports for playing the game 10-12 hours a day.
This came to a sudden halt last week when the Indian government imposed a ban on the game — alongside PUBG Mobile Lite and 116 other apps and games from companies based in China. Yadav, and many of his fellow esports athletes, were left in the dark.
“I was getting paid for the hard work I was putting in,” said Yadav. “However, the PUBG ban has drastically affected competitive players like me.”
PUBG Mobile is one of India's most popular games, with over five crore people have downloaded the game. That's almost three out of every 10 Indians. Unlike video games on your computer or game console, PUBG Mobile enjoys a broad following in India because it will run smoothly on almost any phone.
If you have a phone under Rs. 10,000, you won't be able to run Fortnite — another game in the same genre popular in the US. But PUBG will run. Thanks to crores of Indians who don't have access to high-end laptops, game consoles, or iPhones, PUBG Mobile became the national pastime until it wasn't.
Pubg ban has shaken the whole of India.
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