The massive battle-royale shooter, PlayerUnkown's Battlegrounds, is no stranger to controversies and bad publicity due to its violent nature. Most recently, PUBG was shut down in China by tech giant Tencent after the government refused to issue a license that would allow the company to collect revenue from PUBG's in-game transactions.

Given that there are over 70 million PUBG players in China alone, it has been estimated that it would have been able to generate $1.48 billion from in-app purchases, which is why it makes sense from a business perspective for Tencent to shut down the game without this source of income. However, the publisher soon released a replacement in the form of Game For Peace, which is almost identical to PUBG, apart from a few details here and there.

Firstly, Game For Peace takes death animations lightly now that slaughtered players would wave goodbye at their killers first before kicking the bucket. This hilarious death sequence is far from that of PUBG's, where the slain player simply drops dead when killed. Of course, a shooting mechanic that is more or less the same with PUBG is still present, but its depiction of gore is watered down.

For instance, characters do not bleed when shot, which makes it more acceptable in China given that the government has previously banned video games featuring extreme violence, sex, and gambling. Moreover, the replacement game features patriotic implications and anti-terrorist sentiments that would make it less of a problem with the Chinese government. Tencent describes Game For Peace as a game that "pays tribute to the blue sky warriors that guard [China's] airspace."

This isn't the first time that certain government regulations made it difficult for PUBG to remain in a specific country or territory. Last month PUBG was completely banned in Nepal and some parts of India after schools and parents voiced out their concerns regarding the game's addicting nature and promotion of violent behavior.

Still, despite the major controversies that games such as PUBG are facing, it seems that battle royale games, especially its mobile counterparts, are still extremely popular in the rest of the world. Unfortunately, PUBG's creator, Brendan Greene, previously expressed that he is done with the battle royale genre, and no sequel is in development for now.

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is available on Android, iOS, PS4, Xbox One, and PC.