Battlegrounds Mobile India update: Here's why Krafton banned around 1 lakh BGMI accounts

Battlegrounds Mobile India update: South Korean gaming company Krafton on Thursday announced that its Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), one of the most popular mobile games in India, has banned 99,583 accounts for using illegal programs between December 13 and December 19.

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To keep the game fair and fun for everyone, Krafton has a lot of strict countermeasures in place for illegal programs and activities. The gaming company also keeps on regularly banning accounts of such agents.  Krafton via a post on BGMI’s official website revealed that it has banned 99,583 accounts for using illegal programs between December 13 and December 19.

All of these accounts have been permanently banned. The list of banned accounts has also been published by the company in PDF format. The company has not revealed the hacks or cheats any of these accounts were using.

Recently, Krafton banned over 1,42,000 players from the popular battle royale game between December 6 and December 12. The company has said that it strives to implement strong sanctions inside of the game to promote fair play. It has the ultimate goal of eradicating the use of illegal programs to provide players with a pleasant gaming environment.

Krafton has had a past of banning players if they download the game from illegal channels or have illegal auxiliary programmes running on the device. The company before implementing a ban first sends players a notice and allows them to perform repairs to remove any unwanted data. In other news, BGMI will shut down data transfers from PUBG Mobile on December 31, so if you are one who has not transferred data then better be fast.