Mobile Legends Bang Bang is one of the most popular arcade games on the Play Store and Apple App Store. The game gained a whopping user base, averaging around 5.2 million daily users. The game witnesses more than 80 million new downloads every month, which is a very huge figure in itself. But the game has been banned from India since June 2020.

Some recent reports show that the game might be returning to India with the name “Moba Legends.”. Is the news true? Well, let’s find it out in this blog.

Why Mobile Legends Is So Popular?

Mobile Legends‘ rapid increase in popularity can be linked to the game’s several key features. It is accessible, to start with. The fundamentals of the game are simple enough for new players to pick up quickly, and matches last only about fifteen minutes, which makes it perfect for quick gaming sessions. Mobile Legends also boasts a free-to-play model, removing a barrier to entry for many.

There is a strategic gameplay component that goes beyond accessibility. Although heroes and attacking skills are simple to learn, they require practice and patience, but they present a pretty good challenge to those who want pro-level challenges. To keep players interested, the developers release updates frequently, adding new heroes, events, and gameplay adjustments. Mobile Legends also has a strong community relationship. 

You can team up with your friends and join guilds that create a sense of shared competition. These factors add up to make Mobile Legends an impressive experience for a vast audience.

Mobile Legends Returning To India In 2024?

Hold on! Is Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) coming back in India? Moba Legends: 5v5, an Indian version of the well-known MOBA game that was banned in the country in 2020, appears to have made a comeback.

It features nearly the exact same design as the original MLBB and now supports Hindi as well. The publisher is known as Vizta Games, a brand-new business. But this is where things become a little hazy. Moba Legends is not mentioned on Vizta Games’ Play Store page, and the support email is sent from a personal Gmail account rather than a business domain. The game is run by a Singaporean company that is registered with Alibaba Cloud Computing, according to the privacy policy. The original developer, Moonton, has not commented on the situation as of now. 

Interestingly, users could still play MLBB in India by downloading the app from a place other than the Play Store, even after being banned. The servers were still running. However, there is one thing to note: unlike before the ban, the in-game store still accepts USD instead of Indian rupees.

Is this an MLBB in disguise, then? We will have to watch and find out. In 2020, the Indian government banned MLBB due to safety reasons with some other Chinese apps. At the time, MLBB allegedly attempted to collaborate with the government for a comeback and promised to give user data security and privacy top priority. They appear to have found a solution to bypass the ban with Moba Legends: 5v5.

To Summarise

Mobile Legends has gathered a huge fan following across the world due to its simple in-game interface. The game was banned in India in 2020 due to security and privacy reasons. But recently another game appeared on the Google Play Store with the name “Moba Legends: 5 v.5″, which has similar UI and features. Is Mobile Legends coming back in a new avatar?

Well, as of now, nothing can be said for sure. As the official statement from Moonton is yet to come, we can suspect that the game is actually the new avatar of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

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