PUBG Addiction is Real and Bengaluru Schools are Warning Parents Against it

PUBG has emerged as one of the most popular games in India but some young gamers have taken their obsession too far.

Ever since the multiplayer game released on smartphones, PUBG (Player Unknown's Battlegrounds) has become a rage in the gaming community. There's a cafe themed around the viral game in Jaipur. Even the members of the Indian cricket team are hooked on to it.

On Tuesday, Google released its annual list of Android’s best applications and games of 2018 and PUBG Mobile took home the award in the 'Best game', 'Most Competitive Title' and 'Fan Favorite' categories. With PUBG Mobile reaching 100 million downloads in September, it comes as no surprise that kids and adults are hooked onto the game for hours.

Such is the craze around the game that some schools in Bengaluru have begun to warn parents about the ill-effects of playing the game for hours at a stretch after cases of addiction were reported to the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Deccan Herald reports