Garena Announces Free Fire Max Global Release Date for Android and iOS

Free Fire Max has finally been announced by the developers!

Aditya Singh Rawat
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Garena has finally announced the release date of Free Fire's highly anticipated enhanced version Free Fire Max.
Free Fire Max will be launched globally for both Android and iOS devices on 28th September 2021
Users can pre-register till 27th September to claim multiple rewards that Garena is giving away for free.

Garena has finally announced the release date of the highly anticipated Free Fire Max which will be launched globally on 28th September. The pre-registration for the same has been going on since 29th August and will be going on till 27th September, for both Android and iOS users.

Free Fire Max is set to be a standalone mobile battle royale that will require enhanced specifications to run properly, so low end devices might suffer in running this game smoothly. Users can still go ahead and pre-register on the Google Play Store or through the official website as well.

Free Fire Max global release date announced by Garena

The enhanced version of Free Fire is about to release in a week's time on 28th September, with Garena offering lots of in-game rewards to its users for reaching various milestones and accomplishing different objectives.

So far more than 30 million users have pre-registered for Free Fire Max according to the official website, this guarantees the following milestone rewards to all the pre-registered users,

  • Max Raychaser (Bottom) - 5,000,000 Users

  • Gold Royale Voucher x 2 - 10,000,000 Users

  • Max Raychaser (Facepaint) - 15,000,000 Users

  • Cyber Max Skyboard - 20,000,000 Users

  • Max Raychaser (Head) - 30,000,000 Users

Player invitation rules for Free Fire Max pre-registration

Apart from this Garena has also announced a few objective based awards for individual users who are able to invite new players to pre-register for the game.

  • Max Raychaser (Shoes) - 1 user pre-registers via invite

  • Max Raychaser (Mask) - 2 users pre-register via invite

  • Max Raychaser (Top) - 3 users pre-register via invite

  • Cyber Max Loot Box - 4 users pre-register via invite

  • Diamond Royale Voucher x 10 - 5 users pre-register via invite

Also, there is a leaderboard tracking which user has invited the most number of players to pre-register for the game. The top 50 players on it shall receive an exclusive Max Raycatcher (Bundle).

Differences between Free Fire Max and Free Fire

Garena has confirmed that Free Fire Max will offer the same gameplay as the regular Free Fire, but with enhanced graphics, design, features, and specifications.

A lot of focus has been put towards enhancing the user experience like an in-game option to customize the map feature. At the same time, players will also be able to enjoy the regular Free Fire content and gameplay.

The Max version of Free Fire will include the following,

  • More realistic maps.

  • More immersive gameplay.

  • Free Fire Max exclusive features.

These exclusive features limited to Free Fire Max includes the following,

  • A private, customizable 360 Degree lobby for players to display their items.

  • Craftland, which allows users to build their own maps and invite friends to play in them.

  • Redesigned Clocktower and Factory areas in the new Bermuda MAX map

Apart from this, Garena has also confirmed that regardless of the game version, both Free Fire and Free Fire Max players will be able to play together, due to the Firelink technology. This further enables the players to,

  • Use their same existing Free Fire account to login to Free Fire MAX.

  • Sync all account data across both the applications, including account progress and game items.

  • Play all game modes with all Free Fire players, regardless of the application that they use.

As per information reveals so far, the minimum system requirements to run Free Fire Max on Android devices are as follows,

  • Android Version: 4.1 and above

  • Download Size: 1.50 GB

  • Minimum RAM: 2 GM or more

  • Recommended RAM: 6GB or more

The game has had a positive reception to its beta and it will be interesting to see players' impressions following the official launch. Due to the game's enhanced variant more players might migrate over to this version after witnessing the gameplay first hand.


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Aditya is the in-house CS:GO writer at AFK Gaming. While his understanding of the esports space is not restricted by geographical borders, his current focus lies in the Asian region. Understands and follows almost all major esport titles.