Clash of Kings hits 65M downloads after a year

Elex announced today that its Clash of Kings mobile game has hit 65 million downloads after a year on the market. Clash of Kings seems like a derivative title. Its name evokes Supercell’s Clash of Clans, the No. 1 top-grossing mobile game. And its gameplay isn’t all that different from Game of War: Fire Age. But its graphics are better, and the title seems to have a lot of growth in spite of its copycat appearance.

To celebrate the anniversary, the company released an update that includes gifts for all players.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.