Garena Free Fire, a popular battle royale game that was banned by the Indian government in February 2022, will be making a comeback on September 5, 2023.
The game will be relaunched as Free Fire India and will be hosted on Yotta Infrastructure’s cloud servers in India.
Earlier, banned for more than a year, the Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), the popular battle royale game that enthralled the country’s gaming community, made a comeback in May-end this year.
Yotta, a Hiranandani Group company, will provide the local cloud hosting and storage infrastructure for Free Fire India.
Free Fire India will offer features and content specifically developed for Indian users, as well as a range of features designed to promote safe, healthy and fun gameplay, said Garena.
“Garena’s launch of Free Fire India and commitment to localizing and developing the esports ecosystem locally is a testament to the vibrancy of the mobile games and esports space in India, and to India’s potential for global leadership in this area,” said H.E. Simon Wong, High Commissioner of Singapore to India.
Garena also announced cricket icon MS Dhoni as the new brand ambassador for Free Fire India.
“We look forward to providing an engaging and highly localized experience for Indian users. The Free Fire India Esports Championships is our first step in building out our platform of esports events and activities in the coming months,” said Gang Ye, Co-founder of Garena, a wholly-owned business unit of the publicly-listed Sea Limited.
