Tencent’s Honor of Kings is now accessible to play within the Center East and North Africa (MENA) area in addition to Japanese Europe and South Asia.
Developer Degree Infinite made the announcement which noticed the favored MOBA recreation make its approach to MENA on February 21, 2023 for the primary time because it was first launched in 2015.
Honor of Kings has a major participant base of round 100 million gamers, most of that are in China, the sport’s major area. The sport has acquired recognition for dominating the MOBA market and is likely one of the first titles to popularise loot packing containers in video games.
Other than the sport’s monetary success, analysis agency Sensor Tower additionally named it the second-highest-grossing cellular recreation in December simply behind Monopoly GO. Honor of Kings was initially deliberate to launch outdoors of China in 2017 however failed to achieve important traction.
Esports World Cup
Tencent is eager on mirroring the sport’s home success with esports in worldwide markets. This summer season, Honor of Kings will take part within the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, providing a $3 million prize pool to 12 competing groups.
With its rising gaming group, the MENA area is an effective alternative for Honor of Kings to achieve extra reputation as one of many few video games to characteristic within the first-ever Esports World Cup and solidify its second try at international growth with plans to launch in North America, South America, and Western Europe later this yr.
With the Midseason Invitational occasion set to begin in August, Degree Infinite represents Tencent’s endeavour to rectify its international growth technique and delve deeper into the world of esports.
