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Reuters: PUBG Mobile will not return to India, despite the revocation of the license to publish the game from Tencent

A Reuters source reports that PUBG Mobile has little chance of returning to India. Even revoking the rights to publish the game in the region from Tencent is unlikely to help lift the ban.The South Korean company PUBG Corporation was forced to revoke the license to publish the game in India from Tencent after 118 Chinese applications were blocked in the country in early September amid a border conflict.
Games

EA was criticized after advertising loot boxes for FIFA 21 in a children’s magazine

EA has once again faced criticism of its microtransaction policy. An advertisement for FIFA 21 loot boxes appeared in the magazine of a children’s toy store, which directly talked about the need to open packs with football players.Attention to the problem was drawn by one of the Twitter users who published a photo of a page from the magazine of the British chain of toy stores Smyths Toys.
Money

The revenue of the German gaming market reached almost €4 billion in the first half of 2020

In the first half of 2020, German residents spent €3.7 billion on games, which is 27% more than a year earlier for the same period. One of the main reasons is self—isolation during a pandemic. The largest increase occurred in the category of in-game purchases.This is described in the report, which was prepared by the German Gaming Industry Association (Game) based on data from App Annie and GfK, as well as surveys of Germans aged…