Fearless And United – Guards
Fearless and United Guards (popularly abbreviated as FAU-G) is an online multiplayer action game developed by Bengaluru headquartered nCore Games. The game has recorded the highest number of pre-registrations in less than 24 hours on the Play Store in India.[1][2]
FAU-G | |
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Developer(s) | nCore Games |
Publisher(s) | nCORE Games |
Platform(s) | Android |
Release | 26 January 2021 |
Genre(s) | Action |
Mode(s) | Singleplayer |
Development
The game was announced by Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar through his Twitter and Instagram accounts on 4 September 2020.[3][4][5][6] The promoters claimed that the intention of the game is to support Indian Prime Minister's AtmaNirbhar Bharat Movement.[7][8][6] It was set to be launched by October 2020 but later the game publisher announced through a tweet that the launch is pushed to November 2020 and after that again pushed to December 2020 and January 2021, without providing any particular release date.[9]
On 3 January 2021, the company informed on Twitter that the game will be launching on 26 January 2021.[10]
Akshay Kumar and Vishal Gondal, the promoter of the game, announced that 20% of the net revenue generated from the game would be donated to Bharat Ke Veer trust.[11][6]
Release
The game was released for Android on 26th January 2021.[12] In three days it was downloaded more than five million times on Google Play with a poor rating of 3.4 stars.[13]
References
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- SinhaChaudhury, Krishna (4 September 2020). "Akshay Kumar pushes for FAU-G, an Indian mobile game; developer to donate some revenue to Bharat Ke Veer Trust". Times Now. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- "India's answer to PUBG? Akshay Kumar announces the launch of action game FAU-G". The Economic Times. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- Chakravarti, Ankita (26 October 2020). "FAU-G set to launch in November, teaser shares glimpses of Galwan Valley". India Today. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- "FAU-G launch date revealed: New trailer gives glimpse of first episode". The Indian Express. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- "India's answer to PUBG? Akshay Kumar announces the launch of action game FAU-G". The Economic Times. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- "FAU-G: Fearless and United Guards Launched for Android, May Take Some Time to Reach All Users". News18. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- "FAUG downloads hit 5 million: Fearless and United Guards Top free game on google play store". BGR India. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.