Only a few weeks after a state in neighbouring India banned kids from playing the game (a ban that’s since been lifted), the entire country of Nepal has outlawed PUBG.
The Kathmandu Post (via PC Gamer) reports that last week the Nepal Telecommunication Authority “directed all the internet service providers and mobile service providers to ban PlayerUnknown’s Battleground”.
Senior Superintendent of Police Dhiraj Pratap Singh told the Post that the ban comes after they “received a number of complaints from parents, schools and school associations regarding the effect of the game on children. We also held discussions with psychiatrists before requesting the Kathmandu District Court for permission to ban the game.”
Singh says that anyone caught playing the game will be arrested, while any internet service providers or mobile phone networks failing to implement the ban “will also face action”.
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