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This section needs expansion. You can help. ( July 2018)The gameplay of Honor of Kings ( Wangzhe Rongyao) highly resembles, a game developed and published by, which is a subsidiary of.The game requires either a account or a account. If using the same account type on different platforms, multiplayer with your WeChat friends is possible, however many functions in game are disabled (daily gifting, profile viewing and clan inviting). Different account types cannot access the other's matchmaking queue, even on the same platform. There are some popular and most commonly played characters such as Hou Yi, Diao Chan, Li Bai, Arthur and Da Ji.Additionally, Tencent and had collaboration, featuring from and series, Ukyou Tachibana, and from as guest characters in Honor of Kings.History In 2015, Tencent approached and asked them to turn their popular game into a mobile title.
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However, Riot declined and claimed that League of Legends 's gameplay could not be replicated on smartphones. Tencent then proceeded to create their own mobile game, Wangzhe Rongyao, roughly translated to English as Honor of Kings. The game then have its international adaptation for marketing outside mainland China, released as, with characters that originally inspired from chinese folkfore and mythology being replaced by european folkfore and mythologies from other nations to attract audience outside mainlaind China. In 2019, both Honor of Kings and Arena of Valor are the biggest mobile game in esports scene. Riot then realized and acknowledged the potential of mobile market for MOBA genre, eventually announced in 2019.The game received a beta release for and platforms on November 26, 2015. In addition to a (PvE) parkour mode, running mode, the game features (PvP) multiplayer battles. The game features many similarities to League of Legends.
In November 2016, Honor of Kings topped the 2016 China pan entertainment festival 'China IP index value list - game list top 10'.In 2016, the game had more than 50 million and more than 200 million registered users. The game grossed 10.4 billion ( $1.61 billion) in the last quarter of 2016. In May 2017, it became the highest-grossing mobile game in the world. It had 160 million.
In May 2017, entertainer was named ambassador of the game.According to an analyst at BOC International, Honor of Kings will contribute about 50% of the Tencent's mobile gaming revenues in 2017 and it made about 3 billion Yuan in gross revenue in April 2017 ( $435 million). In June 2017, the analysis company APP Annie reported that Honor of Kings was the number 1 mobile game (excluding Android games) in the world in terms of income generation, with first quarter revenue of the game reaching $1.76 billion. A hero skin of also had sold for $22 million in one day. At the time, Tencent reported 200 million registered users with 50 million daily active users. The game grossed $911 million in the second quarter of 2017. Between the last quarter of 2016 and the second quarter of 2017, the game grossed $4.281 billion.In September 2017, announced a deal with Tencent to bring Honor of Kings's international version to the for international markets.
As the console is not yet officially available in mainland China at this point in time, analysts anticipated that to support this deal, Nintendo would have to release the console in China by 2019. Tencent is yet to comment in regards to a global release, even after public scrutiny.Music The game's music was composed by, Jeff Broadbent, and Duncan Watt, and was performed and recorded by The Chamber Orchestra of London at in London.A soundtrack album was released on 28 October 2015. The extended soundtrack released in year two includes every special event soundtrack since the game's release. Multiple score composers collaborated the album including, Thomas Parisch and.Additional music has been composed by Neal Acree.Up until the end of 2019, there are several singers have had songs for several hero from the game. Such as Fang Wenjie have singed for in the game. Han Hong have singed for Dunhuang Feitian in the game. The singer group May have singed for all the hero in the game.
Have singed for Luban No.7 in the game and others. The game was aiming for getting a song for every single hero in the game.On January 25, 2020, Unisonar released the game's score digitally for the first time internationally.
The score was executive produced by Sam Yang and Cheney Wu, coordinated by Channel Chen, produced by Vivita Zheng and Thomas Parisch, with Hongfei Zhao serving as music director. The album, Honor of Kings Original Game Soundtrack, Vol. 1 consists of 16 original tracks and was produced by TiMi Audio. Addiction concerns On July 4, 2017, it was reported that the game owner’s Tencent had suffered a loss of $14 billion, or 4.1%, on the after the criticized Honor of Kings ( Wangzhe Rongyao) as “poison” for young people, calling the content “a twist of values and historical views” and addictive. Variety dubbed the two critical articles a “demonstration of the power of China’s state-run media and propaganda machine.” Honor of Kings producer Lin Min afterwards noted online that the game’s design “fully complied with government requirements” and argued that “just like other forms of entertainment, games can be a non-addictive part of our normal daily lives.”In July 2017, Honor of Kings started limiting children under the age of 12 to one hour of play time per day.
Children aged from 12 to 17 will be limited to two hours game time per day. Also, players under 12 will be banned from playing the game after 9pm. It is believed that rising concerns over excessive gaming habits in children led Tencent, the game owner, to self-impose these restrictions. References. (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
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Honor of Kings / Wangzhe Rongyao | |
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Developer(s) | Tencent, TiMi Studios |
Publisher(s) | Tencent |
Engine | Unity |
Platform(s) | Android, iOS |
Release | iOS, Android |
Genre(s) | Multiplayer online battle arena |
Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Wangzhe Rongyao[2] (Chinese: 王者荣耀; pinyin: Wángzhě Róngyào, officially known in English as Honor of Kings, variably known in English unofficial translations as Kings of Glory, or Honour of King, and alternatively transliterated as Wang Zhe Rong Yao) is a multiplayer online battle arena developed by TiMi Studios and published by Tencent Games for the iOS and Android mobile platforms, exclusively for the Chinese market. By 2017, Honor of Kings has over 80 million daily active players and 200 million monthly active players, and was both the world's most popular and highest-grossing game of all time as well as the most downloaded app globally. Honor of Kings has a total of 900m downloads worldwide.[3][4][5][6][7][8] The game's international version has been released in 2017 as Arena of Valor, featuring different element.
Gameplay[edit]
The gameplay of Honor of Kings (Wangzhe Rongyao) highly resembles League of Legends, a game developed and published by Riot Games, which is a subsidiary of Tencent.[9]
The game requires either a Tencent QQ account or a WeChat account. If using the same account type on different platforms, multiplayer with your WeChat friends is possible, however many functions in game are disabled (daily gifting, profile viewing and clan inviting). Different account types cannot access the other's matchmaking queue, even on the same platform.[citation needed]
There are some popular and most commonly played characters such as Hou Yi, Diao Chan, Li Bai, Arthur and Da Ji.
Additionally, Tencent and SNK had collaboration, featuring Mai Shiranui from Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series, Ukyou Tachibana, Nakoruru, and Haohmaru from Samurai Showdown as guest characters in Honor of Kings.
History[edit]
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In 2015, Tencent approached Riot Games and asked them to turn their popular game League of Legends into a mobile title. However, Riot declined and claimed that League of Legends's gameplay could not be replicated on smartphones. Tencent then proceeded to create their own mobile game, Wangzhe Rongyao, roughly translated to English as Honor of Kings. The game then have its international adaptation for marketing outside mainland China, released as Arena of Valor, with characters that originally inspired from chinese folkfore and mythology being replaced by european folkfore and mythologies from other nations to attract audience outside mainlaind China.[10] In 2019, both Honor of Kings and Arena of Valor are the biggest mobile game in esports scene. Riot then realized and acknowledged the potential of mobile market for MOBA genre, eventually announced League of Legends: Wild Rift in 2019.
The game received a beta release for iOS and Android platforms on November 26, 2015. In addition to a player versus environment (PvE) parkour mode, running mode, the game features player versus player (PvP) multiplayer battles. The game features many similarities to League of Legends.[11][9] In November 2016, Honor of Kings topped the 2016 China pan entertainment festival 'China IP index value list - game list top 10'.[12]
In 2016, the game had more than 50 million daily active users and more than 200 million registered users. The game grossed ¥10.4billion[13] ($1.61 billion) in the last quarter of 2016. In May 2017, it became the highest-grossing mobile game in the world.[14] It had 160 million monthly active users.[15] In May 2017, entertainer Lu Han was named ambassador of the game.[16]
According to an analyst at BOC International, Honor of Kings will contribute about 50% of the Tencent's mobile gaming revenues in 2017 and it made about 3 billion Yuan in gross revenue in April 2017 ($435 million).[17] In June 2017, the analysis company APP Annie reported that Honor of Kings was the number 1 mobile game (excluding Android games) in the world in terms of income generation, with first quarter revenue of the game reaching $1.76 billion. A hero skin of Zhao Yun also had sold for $22 million in one day. At the time, Tencent reported 200 million registered users with 50 million daily active users.[16] The game grossed $911 million in the second quarter of 2017.[18] Between the last quarter of 2016 and the second quarter of 2017, the game grossed $4.281 billion.
In September 2017, Nintendo announced a deal with Tencent to bring Honor of Kings's international version Arena of Valor to the Nintendo Switch for international markets. As the console is not yet officially available in mainland China at this point in time, analysts anticipated that to support this deal, Nintendo would have to release the console in China by 2019.[19][20] Tencent is yet to comment in regards to a global release, even after public scrutiny.
Music[edit]
The game's music was composed by Hans Zimmer, Jeff Broadbent, Lorne Balfe and Duncan Watt,[21] and was performed and recorded by The Chamber Orchestra of London at Abbey Road Studios in London.
A soundtrack album was released on 28 October 2015.[22] The extended soundtrack released in year two includes every special event soundtrack since the game's release. Multiple score composers collaborated the album including Howard Shore, Thomas Parisch and Marcin Przybylowicz.[23]
Additional music has been composed by Neal Acree.[24]
Up until the end of 2019, there are several singers have had songs for several hero from the game. Such as Fang Wenjie have singed for Cai Wenji in the game. Han Hong have singed for Dunhuang Feitian in the game. The singer group May have singed for all the hero in the game. Hua Chenyu have singed for Luban No.7 in the game and others. The game was aiming for getting a song for every single hero in the game.
On January 25, 2020, Unisonar released the game's score digitally for the first time internationally. The score was executive produced by Sam Yang and Cheney Wu, coordinated by Channel Chen, produced by Vivita Zheng and Thomas Parisch, with Hongfei Zhao serving as music director. The album, Honor of Kings Original Game Soundtrack, Vol. 1 consists of 16 original tracks and was produced by TiMi Audio.[25][26]
Addiction concerns[edit]
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On July 4, 2017, it was reported that the game owner’s Tencent had suffered a loss of $14 billion, or 4.1%, on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange after the People’s Daily criticized Honor of Kings (Wangzhe Rongyao) as “poison” for young people, calling the content “a twist of values and historical views” and addictive.[5]Variety dubbed the two critical articles a “demonstration of the power of China’s state-run media and propaganda machine.”[5]Honor of Kings producer Lin Min afterwards noted online that the game’s design “fully complied with government requirements” and argued that “just like other forms of entertainment, games can be [a non-addictive] part of our normal daily lives.”[5]
In July 2017, Honor of Kings started limiting children under the age of 12 to one hour of play time per day. Children aged from 12 to 17 will be limited to two hours game time per day. Also, players under 12 will be banned from playing the game after 9pm. It is believed that rising concerns over excessive gaming habits in children led Tencent, the game owner, to self-impose these restrictions.[27]
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- ^Mickunas, Aaron. 'Riot's relationship with Tencent has reportedly been strained over declining profits and mobile games'. dotesports. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
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- ^Zhang, Ruomeng (张若梦). '2016中国泛娱乐指数盛典'在京颁奖 《火星情报局》等榜上有名[组图]_图片中国_中国网. www.china.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^'World's top-grossing game Honour of King is coming to Europe and the US'. TechNode. July 7, 2017.
- ^Lee, Emma (2017-06-15). 'Tencent's megahit Honour of King becomes world's top grossing game'. technode. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
- ^Liao, Rita (2017-07-03). 'World's top grossing mobile game debunks gender stereotype'. technode. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
- ^ abRong, Guo (June 16, 2017). 'Tencent's mobile game King of Glory takes the crown'. China Daily.
- ^'Tencent's King of Glory Mobile MOBA Making $435M a MONTH'. MMOs.com. 2017-05-23. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
- ^'Chinese gaming revenues surge on mobile growth'. China Daily. October 17, 2017.
- ^Hester, Blake (September 19, 2017). 'Nintendo's Tencent Partnership Could Open Door to Switch In China: WSJ'. Glixel. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ^Mochizuki, Takashi; Abkowitz, Alyssa (September 19, 2017). 'Nintendo Surges on Prospect of Greater Access to China'. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ^'HONOR OF King(ARENA OF VALOR/King OF GLORY) NOMINATED FOR BEST MUSIC IN A CASUAL/SOCIAL GAME AT THE 14TH ANNUAL G.A.N.G. AWARDS'.
- ^殿堂级音乐揭秘 [Legendary music revealed] (in Chinese). QQ. 2015-11-07.
- ^奥斯卡大师打造,长安之声震撼揭秘 [Academy Awards winning mastermind, the Chang'an City soundtrack reveals] (in Chinese).
- ^'Honor of Kings- Behind the Music with Neal Acree'. YouTube. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^'Honor Of Kings Soundtrack Worldwide Release Coming This Month'. Player.One. 2020-01-06. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
- ^'Unisonar to Bring the Music of'. www.gamasutra.com. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
- ^'Tencent limiting Honour of King play time for Chinese kids'. pickle.nine.com.au. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
External[edit]
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