BGMI transfer window to open on 15 November, Pathak says

KRAFTON India will open the next BGMI player transfer window on 15 November, Associate Director of Esports Karan Pathak said during BMIC 2026 at the Dome in Mumbai. A closing date has not been finalised, although 20 December is currently the most likely date.

The window will give teams an opportunity to change their rosters after recent competitions. Pathak acknowledged that teams had already encountered problems with roster moves, but said the closing date must take account of a tournament and ongoing third-party events.

Closing date remains under discussion

“November 15 is when we are going to open the transfer window,” Pathak said in an interview conducted mostly in Hindi and translated by TalkEsport. On the proposed end date, he said: “It’s December 20, most likely.”

He added that KRAFTON India was working around third-party tournaments so teams could make roster changes while those events were taking place. If the proposed closing date is confirmed, the window would run from 15 November to 20 December.

BGMI growth and tournament plans

Pathak said BGMI esports viewership had grown by 300%, rising from 300 million views to close to a billion. He also said reaching a million peak viewers remained a target.

Other decisions are still pending. Pathak could not confirm whether BMIC would expand beyond 16 teams, saying its format changes from year to year and any increase would depend on budgets and costs. BMIC 2026 was played without a smash rule, but he said formats for next year had not yet been settled.

KRAFTON India has also not decided whether BGMI Air will have its own esports scene. Pathak said the app would launch before a plan was announced. On the PC side, he said PUBG India Challenge matches would run in the evening because many players also work during the day.

What happens next

Teams can now plan around the 15 November opening date, but they must wait for confirmation of when the window will close. Pathak said discussions on the end date would account for tournaments already under way.

A separate 2027 BGMI roadmap is also on hold until venues are confirmed. Pathak said KRAFTON India would release a video outlining the roadmap once those arrangements were in place.