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[Nirolak]

It has over 50 million daily active players.

Honour of Kings, a Chinese fantasy battle game for mobile phones made by internet group Tencent, converted its more than 50m-strong army of daily active users into revenue of up to Rmb6bn ($876m) in the first quarter, making it the world's top-grossing game, according to analysts.

Honour of Kings is based on League of Legends, a popular team battle game from US developer Riot Games, which was a hit in China. Tencent acquired the studio in 2011.

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Tencent last month test-released an English-language version of the game aimed at western audiences, renamed Strike of Kings.

Source: https://www.ft.com/content/5387d6a8-57d3-11e7-9fed-c19e2700005f

It's basically League of Legends for your phone:

They've also started licensing characters like DC superheroes to prepare for the Western launch:

 

[Randdalf]

I'm pretty sure this is already out on the UK app stores, or at least something like it. It definitely had a Batman promotion.

Spoiler

It's also pretty bad

 

[Syril]

That's pretty success. Is it good? What's the model?

 

[zelas]

3 months from launch or just one of its 3 month windows? If launch, it's pulling in revenue at almost double the rate Pokemon Go did.

 

[Tagyhag]

I haven't played LoL in a while but doesn't that artstyle and UI look a lot like the modern LoL?

 

[Abilidebob]

I haven't played LoL in a while but doesn't that artstyle and UI look a lot like the modern LoL?

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Honour of Kings is based on League of Legends, a popular team battle game from US developer Riot Games, which was a hit in China. Tencent acquired the studio in 2011.

 

[tamminen]

I played Strike of kings ages ago? I dont understand how this mobile stuff works lol. Anyway I think I preferred Mobile legends tho theyre both veeeery similar to LoL. Something about navigating the menus annoyed me with Strike.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

fucking MOBAs

3 months from launch or just one of its 3 month windows? If launch, it's pulling in revenue at almost double the rate Pokemon Go did.

i guess that explains why Niantic's latest greedy PokeGo update screws players over

 

[hanspampel]

Nice finally.
The MTX monetization is similar to LoL i hope?!

 

[killatopak]

So between this and Mobile Legends, which one should I play?

 

[Vanillalite]

So between this and Mobile Legends, which one should I play?

Vainglory is far and away the best mobile MOBA in the West and I don't even think it's close.

 

[BrettHeazy]

So this is legit? I see the adverts on Facebook all the time, figured it was some shitty spam

 

[alpha69]

That's nice
Looks as appealing as every other F2P mobile garbage out there
Will try never

 

[Kyne]

waiting for that Marvel MOBA so it can make billions.

 

[Steiner]

Licensing DC characters to prepare for Western launch? The game is already out over here, right? Strike of Kings?

 

[Raysoul]

So between this and Mobile Legends, which one should I play?

I'm playing Mobile Legends and it is a good time killer. Easy to learn and play too. Already spent several hours without spending a dime.