Free Fire back in India as Hiranandani and Singapore's new citizen navigate through govt's China ban

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Sea Ltd. is bringing back one of its top mobile games in India a year and a half after it was banned, a boon for the internet companys effort to revive its growth...

Now called Free Fire India, the game will be available Sept. 5, Seas gaming arm, Garena, said Thursday in a statement..

Partner Yotta, a unit of Indias Hiranandani Group, will provide infrastructure to store data of Indian users on local servers, Garena said...

New Delhi in February 2022 banned Free Fire, at the time Seas most popular mobile gaming title in the country, citing security concerns because of its Chinese links..

Weeks later, Sea said it would shut its main e-commerce operation in India, blaming market uncertainties for scuppering one of its more promising overseas endeavors...