The highly-anticipated FAU-G release date is finally here, with the game launching to millions of mobile users across the country. FAUG, aka Fearless And United-Guards, has finally been launched in India for Android phones only at the moment, with the iOS listing nowhere in sight. Going by the impressive pre-registration number the mobile game can be expected to be a huge hit in the country.
The game recently crossed 5 million registrations on the Google Play Store, with one million people registering in just the past week.
However, if you're expecting FAUG to be a replacement for PUBG Mobile — which was banned last year in India — we're sorry to inform you that these two are drastically different games, at least at this point.
FAU-G Game Modes
At launch, FAU-G seems to have just a campaign mode that starts against the backdrop of real-life events in the Galwan Valley skirmish where the Indian Army had a face-off with Chinese troops last year. This means it will be a single-player game. nCore Games has already clarified that the online multiplayer and battle royale game modes will not be available at the launch but will be added later via an update. Considering that the campaign mode lasts just a few hours, it will be interesting to see how the game manages to retain the audience before other game modes are added via a future update.
Why Galwan Valley?
“If you look at the genre of action games, they follow a theme,” explained Gondal, mentioning how popular titles like the Call of Duty franchise were based on themes that had an emotional connect with local audiences. But Indian audiences have no such connection, according to him. “I think if we have to create a game from India, we have to base it on Indian themes, and if you look at Indian themes, we all saw Galwan Valley and what happened,” he added. Gondal revealed that FAU-G could incorporate many of India’s previous historic border clashes into future episode storylines such as the Kargil incident, the India-Pakistan war of 1971, and the surgical strikes of 2016, among others. It will be interesting to see how newer gameplay styles will be implemented with these storylines.
FAU-G to value data privacy above all else:
“Our privacy policy is evident, and we have stored all our data in India. None of our shareholders is from any country which could be objectionable to anyone,” Gondal said.
FAU-G will be available for all Android phones running Android 8 and up on the Google Play Store starting today.
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