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A month after it was announced, actor Akshay Kumar tweeted a teaser for Indian alternative to the banned PUBG called Fau-G, on the occasion of Vijaydashami. Pretty soon #FAUGteaser was trending on Twitter with plenty of opinions and memes on the new multiplayer battle royale game.
The video, that is around a minute-long, shows the soldiers engaged in hand-to-hand combat and reveals nothing else about the game or gameplay.
“Today we celebrate the victory of good over evil, and what better day to celebrate our Fearless and United Guards, our FAU-G! On the auspicious occasion of Dussehra, presenting the #FAUG teaser,” the actor tweeted highlighting the Atmanirbhar initiative.
On social media, while some that cheered the teaser, others said it didn’t seem to match up to other alternatives to PUBG:
https://twitter.com/sanchita_twt/status/1320531692512186368
https://twitter.com/thememeswala05/status/1320431451922288640
https://twitter.com/ojas_prajapati/status/1320392479351336960
Despite allegations that the game has been developed to capitalise on the ban on PUBG, the makers of FAU-G had said that the project was already in the pipeline before the ban was imposed.
