PUBG Mobile China Replaced With 'Game For Peace', Where Players Will Wave Hands After Death

PUBG Mobile, the smartphone version of the battle royale for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, has closed in China by the publisher Tencent after a year of waiting and not getting a graduation from the Chinese empire for monetization the game in that country. According to a post from Tencent’s official account via the Weibo platform, they said, the test for PUBG will be completed and replaced with “Games for Peace” which is more patriotic and less bloody than PUBG Mobile which has elements of violence.

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Tencent has stopped operating PUBG Mobile in China, launched a new battle royale game called ‘Game for Peace’ which received monetization approval on Apr 9. Players must transfer to the new game. Tencent can begin to monetize in China now.
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— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) May 8, 2021

Games for Peace, is a battle royale game as if it were a PUBG clone but according to the website Tencent, this game pays homage to “heroes in the blue sky who guard our country’s airspace”, referring to China’s air force. This game has been approved for monetization, and has a function to support the transfer of PUBG player accounts to the game.

They changed PUBG Mobile in China to comply with stricter game violence laws. Now when you ‘kill’ someone they give you a loot box and wave goodbye and honestly it’s just so hilariously wholesome pic.twitter.com/Q5xkrtM0MA
— Svend Joscelyne (@SvendJoscelyne) May 8, 2021

What’s interesting, the significant changes made to Games for Peace It can clearly be seen that if a player kills another player, they will wave hands back to the player.

That’s not all, lootbox will also be given as if they agree with the fate after being killed. According to the players, apart from the lack of blood and gore, this game does look the same as PUBG Mobile. It can also be called a socialist alternative game.

Kingdom China introduced new rules and laws for mobile games last April. Apart from the lack of blood and ferocity, the Chinese empire will also offer graduation games that refer to the history of the Chinese empire. Mahjong and poker games are also prohibited, and the total number of games approved by the government will be restricted. PUBG Mobile had 70 million daily active players in China before its closure, but players there are not worried because they can move their PUBG accounts to this Game For Peace. This is not the first time the PUBG game has gone through such a controversy, even in India, PUBG is associated with mental illness!

Source: Tencent / Polygon