The game's makers responded to the controversy in a statement: We appreciate the support and trust given to us by our PUBG MOBILE players. At this time, a local minister in Gujarat called the game 'the demon in every house,' blaming the game for bullying, stealing and one teenager's suicide. In February 2019, PUBG became the subject of controversy in India, where parents and school officials worried that players' 'addiction' to the game had become a point of concern. On February 20th, 2019, YouTuber ShubhGamerz uploaded 'PUBG Mobile Chinese SEASON 6 New *EMOTES & DANCES | PUBG Mobile Season 6 DANCE Moves – 4 NEW Emotes!' which gained 7,900 views in a day (shown below, right). On November 22nd, 2018, YouTuber All Are Creative uploaded a video entitled 'PUBG All Emotes & Dance Moves From Season 1-4 | PUBG MOBILE' which gained 11,600 views in several months (shown below, left). ĭance Emotes are a series of unlock-able celebratory dances that players can access after completing a series of challenges or through in-game purchases introduced in March 2018. However, as experts pointed out, you did not need to play a full hour, but rather only three seconds of the game.
The ransomware encrypted the infected user's desktop folders and files and required them to play one-hour of PUBG to decrypt them (screenshot below) or put in the code 's2acxx56a2sae5fjh5k2gb5s2e.' On April 9th, 2018, the Twitter account for MalwareHunterTeam tweeted the PUBG Ransomware.
