New Delhi: Battlegrounds Mobile India or BGMI parent Krafton has now banned almost 50,000 accounts as continues its battle against illegal activities that affect the gaming environment and the battle royale game. South Korea's Krafton has now banned 48,543 accounts on BGMI in the wake of engaging in illegal activities in the week starting January 10 through January 16.
"Dear BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA fans, 48,847 accounts were permanently banned from Jan 10 ~ Jan 16. We would also like to present you the entire list of cheaters who have tried to ruin our Battlegrounds. *Click to see (or Click to download) BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA will strive to implement strong sanctions with the ultimate goal of eradicating the use of illegal programs in order to provide you a pleasant gaming environment. Regards, KRAFTON," BGMI parent Krafton wrote in a post.
South Korea-based Krafton Inc has been taking strict measures to check illegal activities and it had banned almost 1 lakh accounts for cheating between December 13 and December 19 only.
Krafton had earlier announced that it will introduce even stricter measures and that the game developers will now ban the device itself, and not just the associated account that is found to be involved in cheating or hacking the popular battle royale game.
The device ban became applicable starting December 24. BGMI developer Krafton mentioned that if the use of illegal programs is detected with a mobile device by the newly applied security logic, the device will be permanently banned from using BGMI battle royale game.h this, BGMI parent Krafton is intending to crack down on players using illegal software to play the battle royale game using the same device. This move would make sure that players who get caught cheating would be banned and won't be able to cheat again unless they get a new device.