The popular battle royale game “Garena Free Fire” was banned along with 40+ other apps by the Indian Government back in February 2022, due to privacy and data management concerns. The apps were pulled from the Google Play store and Apple’s app store following the requirements from MeitY, and an upgraded higher-end version of the game, Free Fire Max was left back as an offering on the store, that could be played in India.
The Indian version of the game i.e. Free Fire India was announced in September 2023 and the news was met with excitement by the Indian Free Fire community, although the question arose as to when will the game be relaunched and when will the APK/IPA be available for download.
Interestingly, the Free Fire India application for mobile platforms was open for pre-registration just when the game was announced, till the end of November 2023 when it went missing from the store for a while and returned right after a while.
So when will the game launch?
On 31st August 2023, Garena held a press conference and announced the big news of the game returning to India as “Free Fire India” and a plan to host the servers in India to comply with the privacy and data concerns that the Indian Government had expressed.
Things since then have finally moved on and the latest reports suggested that Garena was partnering up with Yotta Data services for cloud hosting in Mumbai, which suggests that the official launch might be pretty close now.
How do I register for when the game launches?
Well, registrations have now closed for the game on the Play Store, but since the news broke to the public regarding the server setup, it suggests that Garena wants to be assured that the infrastructure is compliant and ready when the game does launch to the Indian audience. It does make sense as none of the stakeholders involved would like for there to be another delay due to intervention from the Government which could risk the game getting banned once again.
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