Published 17:47 IST, December 3rd 2018

PUBG Mobile wins Best Game of 2018 title on Google Play Store

Google Play Store's Best Game of 2018 title goes to PUBG Mobile. In less than a year, PUBG Mobile’s popularity has been through the roof, attracting many gamers into participating in various e-sports tournaments.

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Google Play Store has anunced its Best of 2018 titles across a wide range of categories such as apps, games, movies, music, books etc. And as you must have guessed, PUBG has won Best Game of 2018 title on Google Play Store. Google went on to describe PUBG as a game that sparked a worldwide craze, bringing users toger by pitting m against each or. Here’s what Google had to say:

“Our Best Game of 2018 sparked a worldwide craze, bringing us toger (read: pitting us against each or) for massively fun, survival-of--fittest showdowns.”

PUBG winning Google’s Best Game of 2018 title is hardly surprising. As we kw, PUBG mand to get entire mobile gaming industry by storm, courtesy of its captivating survival shooting and easy controls. And more than anything else, it mand to capture a massive user base in such a short time span.

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Short for PlayerUnknwon’s battlegrounds, PUBG is designed and developed by Tencent Games for Android and iOS. game was released back in March 2018. PUBG Mobile reached 100 million downloads milestone by August 2018 and by September, it won award for Mobile Game of Year at 36th Golden Joystick Awards. PUBG is also minated for Best Mobile Game at Game Awards 2018.

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In less than a year, PUBG Mobile’s popularity has been through roof, attracting many gamers into participating in various e-sports tournaments. In October, PUBG Mobile Camus Championship was held in India with a total prize pool of 50 lakh rupees. Last week, PUBG Mobile Star Challenge global championship finals held in Dubai witnessed a prize pool of up to $200,000 (approx. 1 cr 51 lakhs).

17:47 IST, December 3rd 2018