Level Infinite and TiMi Group are launching Honor of Kings globally on June 20.

Honor of Kings gets a global rollout on June 20 on mobile

Game developer TiMi Studio Group and publisher Level Infinite, both divisions of Tencent, have confirmed that Honor of Kings will continue its global roll-out on June 20.

That may sound a bit strange to people in the know, as Honor of Kings debuted as a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) in China back in 2015 and it already had more than 200 million registered players and 100 million daily players. How can one of the biggest games in the world — which has generated $15 billion in revenues — not be global yet?

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