<s>
Honor	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
(	O
,	O
unofficially	O
translated	O
as	O
"	O
King	B-Application
of	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
,	O
"	O
or	O
alternatively	O
transliterated	O
as	O
Wangzhe	B-Application
Rongyao	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
online	O
battle	O
arena	O
developed	O
by	O
TiMi	O
Studio	O
Group	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Tencent	O
Games	O
for	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
platforms	O
in	O
Mainland	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
international	O
adaptation	O
,	O
titled	O
Arena	B-Application
of	I-Application
Valor	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
2020	O
;	O
it	O
utilizes	O
the	O
same	O
game	O
engine	O
and	O
UI	O
design(changed in 2019 )	O
but	O
with	O
greatly	O
altered	O
heroes	O
to	O
accommodate	O
the	O
Western	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
November	O
2020	O
,	O
Honor	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
had	O
over	O
100M	O
daily	O
active	O
players	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
highest-grossing	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
game	I-Application
of	O
all	O
time	O
with	O
over	O
$1.1	O
million	O
in	O
revenue	O
generated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2022	O
,	O
Level	O
Infinite	O
,	O
the	O
publisher	O
of	O
Arena	B-Application
of	I-Application
Valor	I-Application
,	O
announced	O
that	O
Honor	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
would	O
be	O
released	O
globally	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Honor	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
(	O
HoK	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
quick-match	O
(	O
15	O
–	O
20	O
minutes	O
)	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
multiplayer	O
online	O
battle	O
arena	O
(	O
MOBA	O
)	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Either	O
a	O
Tencent	B-Operating_System
QQ	I-Operating_System
account	O
or	O
a	O
WeChat	B-Application
account	O
is	O
required	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
two	O
players	O
use	O
the	O
same	O
account	O
type	O
on	O
different	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
platforms	I-Operating_System
(	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
both	O
have	O
WeChat	B-Application
accounts	O
,	O
but	O
one	O
player	O
uses	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
device	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
uses	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
device	O
)	O
,	O
cross-platform	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
is	O
possible	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
the	O
latest	O
update	O
on	O
September	O
24	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
a	O
player	O
can	O
add	O
friends	O
and	O
invite	O
people	O
from	O
different	O
platforms	O
to	O
guilds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Different	O
account	O
types	O
—	O
QQ	B-Operating_System
and/or	O
WeChat	B-Application
—	O
cannot	O
access	O
the	O
other	O
's	O
matchmaking	O
queue	O
or	O
their	O
online	O
status	O
,	O
even	O
when	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2021	O
,	O
Honor	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
was	O
the	O
second-highest	O
earning	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
game	O
worldwide	O
for	O
February	O
2021	O
,	O
with	O
$218.5	O
million	O
in	O
gross	O
revenue	O
,	O
which	O
represented	O
57.2	O
percent	O
year-over-year	O
growth	O
from	O
February	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
About	O
95.6	O
percent	O
of	O
Honor	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
 '	O
revenue	O
was	O
from	O
China	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
1.6	O
percent	O
from	O
Thailand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Honor	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
is	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
online	O
battle	O
arena	O
(	O
MOBA	O
)	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
character	O
with	O
unique	O
abilities	O
to	O
kill	O
non-player	O
characters	O
and	O
opponents	O
to	O
gain	O
experience	O
points	O
(	O
XP	O
)	O
and	O
gold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Honor	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
has	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
game	O
modes	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
majority	O
of	O
them	O
focused	O
on	O
competitive	O
matchmaking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
7	O
large	O
matchmaking	O
tiers	O
,	O
namely	O
Tough	O
Bronze	O
,	O
Order	O
of	O
Silver	O
,	O
Glory	O
of	O
Gold	O
,	O
Noble	O
Platinum	O
,	O
Eternal	O
Diamond	O
,	O
Master	O
Star	O
,	O
Super	O
King	O
,	O
Peerless	O
King	O
,	O
King	B-Application
of	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
and	O
Legendary	O
King	O
in	O
ascending	O
order	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
113	O
heroes	O
and	O
they	O
are	O
generally	O
classified	O
as	O
Tank	O
(	O
close/long	O
range[ depends	O
on	O
what	O
you	O
use	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
Zhuang	O
Zhou	O
,	O
is	O
long	O
range	O
but	O
Arthur	B-Application
is	O
close	O
range ]	O
,	O
very	O
high	O
defence	O
and	O
high	O
attack	O
)	O
,	O
Warrior	O
(	O
close	O
combat	O
,	O
high	O
defence	O
and	O
attack	O
)	O
,	O
Assassin	O
(	O
For	O
example	O
A	O
Ke	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Timi	O
L1	O
Studio	O
collaborated	O
with	O
Japanese	O
gaming	O
company	O
SNK	O
to	O
feature	O
Mai	O
Shiranui	O
from	O
the	O
Fatal	B-Application
Fury	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
King	I-Application
of	I-Application
Fighters	I-Application
series	O
,	O
and	O
Charlotte	O
,	O
Ukyo	O
Tachibana	O
,	O
Nakoruru	O
,	O
and	O
Haohmaru	O
from	O
the	O
Samurai	B-Application
Shodown	I-Application
series	O
as	O
guest	O
characters	O
in	O
Honor	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
Gongsun	O
Li	O
,	O
a	O
character	O
made	O
from	O
Honor	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
,	O
also	O
appeared	O
as	O
a	O
playable	O
guest	O
character	O
in	O
SNK	O
's	O
2019	O
fighting	O
game	O
Samurai	B-Application
Shodown	I-Application
,	O
shows	O
that	O
two	O
companies	O
share	O
their	O
game	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Tencent	O
fully	O
acquired	O
Riot	O
Games	O
in	O
2015	O
,	O
Tencent	O
asked	O
them	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
League	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
,	O
as	O
multiplayer	O
online	O
battle	O
arena	O
(	O
MOBA	O
)	O
games	O
were	O
very	O
rare	O
on	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
with	O
Vainglory	B-Application
by	O
Super	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
Megacorp	I-Application
(	O
formed	O
by	O
ex-Riot	O
Games	O
employees	O
)	O
being	O
the	O
only	O
notable	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tencent	O
wanted	O
to	O
seize	O
the	O
opportunity	O
to	O
dominate	O
the	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
market	O
because	O
there	O
are	O
n't	O
any	O
strong	O
competitor	O
aside	O
from	O
Vainglory	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Riot	O
Games	O
declined	O
due	O
to	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
game	O
was	O
not	O
commonly	O
seen	O
as	O
the	O
platform	O
for	O
competitive	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
claimed	O
that	O
the	O
gameplay	O
of	O
League	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
could	O
not	O
be	O
replicated	O
on	O
smartphones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Be	O
that	O
as	O
it	O
may	O
,	O
Tencent	O
was	O
still	O
determined	O
to	O
launch	O
a	O
MOBA	O
game	O
on	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
month	O
later	O
,	O
We	O
MOBA	O
was	O
already	O
the	O
third	O
most-downloaded	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
game	O
on	O
Apple	O
's	O
iOS	B-Application
worldwide	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
app	O
analytics	O
firm	O
App	O
Annie	O
,	O
while	O
League	O
of	O
Kings	O
was	O
nowhere	O
near	O
We	O
MOBA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TiMi	O
Studios	O
also	O
used	O
League	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
as	O
a	O
base	O
model	O
to	O
overhaul	O
League	O
of	O
Kings	O
,	O
resulting	O
both	O
game	O
having	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
similarities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nevertheless	O
,	O
Riot	O
Games	O
deemed	O
that	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
characters	O
and	O
abilities	O
in	O
League	O
of	O
Kings	O
was	O
"	O
blatantly	O
ripping	O
off	O
the	O
intellectual	O
property	O
of	O
League	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
"	O
after	O
they	O
discovered	O
how	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
produced	O
,	O
and	O
reportedly	O
brought	O
these	O
concerns	O
to	O
Tencent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tencent	O
responded	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
change	O
its	O
own	O
game	O
enough	O
to	O
sell	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
product	O
with	O
no	O
relation	O
to	O
League	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
this	O
,	O
League	O
of	O
Kings	O
had	O
already	O
gained	O
massive	O
popularity	O
in	O
China	O
at	O
this	O
point	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
being	O
advertised	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
League	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
"	O
through	O
social	O
media	O
and	O
word-of-mouth	O
marketing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tencent	O
felt	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
too	O
late	O
to	O
make	O
huge	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
so	O
they	O
renamed	O
League	O
of	O
Kings	O
(王者联盟/	O
Wángzhě	O
Liánméng	O
)	O
to	O
Honor	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
(王者荣耀/	O
Wángzhě	B-Application
Róngyào	I-Application
)	O
on	O
November	O
26	O
,	O
2015	O
(	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
date	O
was	O
marked	O
as	O
the	O
official	O
release	O
date	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
only	O
went	O
through	O
necessary	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
international	O
release	O
of	O
Honor	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
was	O
cancelled	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
have	O
a	O
western	O
twin	O
for	O
markets	O
outside	O
mainland	O
China	O
which	O
was	O
rebranded	O
and	O
featured	O
different	O
contents	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Arena	B-Application
of	I-Application
Valor	I-Application
,	O
which	O
also	O
served	O
as	O
a	O
response	O
to	O
Riot	O
Games	O
 '	O
complaints	O
of	O
"	O
potential	O
intellectual	O
property	O
infringement	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
so	O
,	O
Arena	B-Application
of	I-Application
Valor	I-Application
was	O
reported	O
to	O
have	O
caused	O
a	O
gradually	O
straining	O
business	O
relationship	O
between	O
Riot	O
Games	O
and	O
Tencent	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
relationship	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
firms	O
became	O
further	O
strained	O
when	O
Tencent	O
used	O
notable	O
League	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
players	O
to	O
promote	O
Arena	B-Application
of	I-Application
Valor	I-Application
and	O
its	O
esports	O
tournaments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Riot	O
Games	O
 '	O
complaints	O
initiated	O
a	O
two-month	O
marketing	O
freeze	O
for	O
Arena	B-Application
of	I-Application
Valor	I-Application
and	O
demands	O
that	O
Riot	O
Games	O
would	O
be	O
given	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
review	O
all	O
marketing	O
plans	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
veto	O
for	O
use	O
of	O
select	O
celebrity	O
gamers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Riot	O
Games	O
eventually	O
acknowledged	O
the	O
potential	O
of	O
the	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
market	O
for	O
the	O
MOBA	O
genre	O
,	O
and	O
agreed	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
title	O
for	O
League	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tencent	O
then	O
temporarily	O
pulled	O
marketing	O
plans	O
for	O
Arena	B-Application
of	I-Application
Valor	I-Application
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
2019	O
,	O
clearing	O
room	O
for	O
Riot	O
Games	O
 '	O
announcement	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Riot	O
Games	O
announced	O
their	O
own	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
MOBA	O
game	O
,	O
League	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
:	I-Application
Wild	I-Application
Rift	I-Application
on	O
October	O
16	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
10th	O
anniversary	O
of	O
League	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
MOBA	O
genre	O
on	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
inspired	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Unite	I-Application
,	O
a	O
Pokémon	O
spin-off	O
game	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
TiMi	O
Studio	O
as	O
well	O
in	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
The	O
Pokémon	O
Company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2016	O
,	O
Honor	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
topped	O
the	O
2016	O
China	O
pan	O
entertainment	O
festival	O
"	O
China	O
IP	O
index	O
value	O
list	O
-	O
game	O
list	O
top	O
10	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
the	O
highest-grossing	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
game	I-Application
in	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Honor	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
contributed	O
about	O
50%	O
of	O
the	O
Tencent	O
's	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
gaming	O
revenues	O
in	O
2017	O
and	O
it	O
made	O
about	O
¥3	O
billion	O
in	O
gross	O
revenue	O
in	O
April	O
2017	O
(	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
analysis	O
company	O
APP	O
Annie	O
reported	O
that	O
Honor	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
was	O
the	O
number	O
1	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
game	O
(	O
excluding	O
Android	B-Application
games	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
income	O
generated	O
,	O
with	O
first	O
quarter	O
revenue	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
reaching	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
national	O
day	O
of	O
mourning	O
designated	O
on	O
April	O
4	O
,	O
2020	O
by	O
China	O
for	O
those	O
who	O
had	O
given	O
up	O
their	O
lives	O
or	O
had	O
passed	O
away	O
from	O
the	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
Tencent	O
's	O
games	O
announced	O
a	O
24-hour	O
suspension	O
of	O
service	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
Honor	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
album	O
,	O
Honor	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
Original	O
Game	O
Soundtrack	O
,	O
Vol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
4	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
owner	O
's	O
Tencent	O
had	O
suffered	O
a	O
loss	O
of	O
$14	O
billion	O
,	O
or	O
4.1	O
%	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
Stock	O
Exchange	O
after	O
the	O
People	O
's	O
Daily	O
criticized	O
Honor	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
(	O
Wangzhe	B-Application
Rongyao	I-Application
)	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
poison	O
"	O
for	O
young	O
people	O
,	O
calling	O
the	O
content	O
"	O
a	O
twist	O
of	O
values	O
and	O
historical	O
views	O
"	O
and	O
addictive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Honor	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
producer	O
Lin	O
Min	O
afterwards	O
noted	O
online	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
design	O
"	O
fully	O
complied	O
with	O
government	O
requirements	O
"	O
and	O
argued	O
that	O
"	O
just	O
like	O
other	O
forms	O
of	O
entertainment	O
,	O
games	O
can	O
be	O
[	O
a	O
non-addictive	O
]	O
part	O
of	O
our	O
normal	O
daily	O
lives.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
Honor	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
started	O
limiting	O
children	O
under	O
the	O
age	O
of	O
12	O
to	O
one	O
hour	O
of	O
play	O
time	O
per	O
day	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
additional	O
restriction	O
from	O
playing	O
after	O
9pm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
31	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Honor	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
updated	O
it	O
juvenile	O
addiction	O
prevention	O
system	O
following	O
the	O
requirement	O
from	O
National	O
Press	O
and	O
Publication	O
Administration	O
.	O
</s>
